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Special Report

Alaska

Explore the history and natural wonders of America's last frontier


Surfers ride the bore tide at Turnagain Arm. Streeter Lecka/Getty Images
The Sealaska Heritage Arts Campus, scheduled to open in downtown Juneau in 2021, will house indoor and outdoor space for artists to make monumental Northwest Coast art pieces, such as totem poles and canoes; classrooms for art programming and instruction in areas such as basketry and textile weaving and print making; and space for performances, art markets, and public gatherings.

TRAVEL

How Juneau, Alaska Is Becoming an Epicenter for Indigenous Art

The area is home to about 500 residential eagles that attract visitors year-round, most especially in the fall when migrating birds up the count to historic highs of 3,000.

TRAVEL

Behold the Largest Congregation of Bald Eagles in the United States

Hundreds of sockeye salmon spawn in a spring-fed pond in Iliamna Lake, Alaska

TRAVEL

Seven Natural Phenomena Worth Traveling to Alaska For

Recent Coverage

Photographer Jeff Schultz and painter Jon Van Zyle have co-created a series of artworks capturing Alaska and the sled dog community.

TRAVEL

For 50 Years, Dogsled Teams Have Been Testing Their Mettle at the Iditarod

Jennifer Nalewicki

Jeffrey Peter, of Old Crow, Yukon, cleans a caribou hide during an autumn hunt. When camping, the hide is used as a mattress; at home, it’s clothing.

SCIENCE

For the Gwich'in People, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Isn't a Political Issue, It's Home

Text by Eva Holland
Photographs by Peter Mather

A view of the Aghileen Pinnacles & Pavlof Volcano from the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.

SMART NEWS

Three Volcanoes Are Erupting Simultaneously in Alaska

David Kindy

An engraving of a polar bear hurling a rock at a walrus from Charles Francis Hall's 1865 book Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux.

SMART NEWS

Polar Bears Take Down Walruses by Hurling Rocks and Ice

David Kindy

The blanket toss is one of the many events that occur during the annual World Eskimo Indian Olympics in Fairbanks, Alaska.

TRAVEL

For 60 Years, Indigenous Alaskans Have Hosted Their Own Olympics

Jennifer Nalewicki

The Russian warship Neva arrives in Alaska led by Alexander Baranov

HISTORY

Archaeologists Identify Famed Fort Where Indigenous Tlingits Fought Russian Forces

Megan Gannon

The Sealaska Heritage Arts Campus, scheduled to open in downtown Juneau in 2021, will house indoor and outdoor space for artists to make monumental Northwest Coast art pieces, such as totem poles and canoes; classrooms for art programming and instruction in areas such as basketry and textile weaving and print making; and space for performances, art markets, and public gatherings.

TRAVEL

How Juneau, Alaska, Is Becoming an Epicenter for Indigenous Art

Jennifer Nalewicki

Denali's dogsled teams mush for weeks at a time to the far-flung corners of a park that stretches over 6 million acres.

TRAVEL

How Denali National Park's Sled Dogs Prepare for Winter

Bailey Berg

An aerial oblique photo of the volcanoes of the Islands of Four Mountains in Alaska's Aleutian Island chain. In the center is the summit of Mount Tana. Behind Tana are (left to right) Herbert, Cleveland and Carlisle Volcanoes.

SMART NEWS

A Massive Supervolcano May Lurk Beneath Alaska's Aleutian Islands

Alex Fox

The area is home to about 500 residential eagles that attract visitors year-round, most especially in the fall when migrating birds up the count to historic highs of 3,000.

TRAVEL

Behold the Largest Congregation of Bald Eagles in the United States

Jenna Kunze

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