Author Archives: Daniel
Steamer Yukon at Nenana
Arggh! The reason it’s been so quiet here is that a day after getting back to Juneau I came down with a vicious summer cold. I’ve been laying on the couch, drinking mint tea, coughing, and watching two weeks of … Continue reading
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Badger Towing Goes Racing
Back in Fairbanks, but had damn little time to blog so far. Brought Dad in on Thursday, but everybody at Badger Towing was gearing up to go racing at the Mitchell Raceway (motto: “Drive Fast, Turn Left.”) My car needs … Continue reading
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Burned Woods
In Eagle, posting via painfully slow dialup-over-satellite (the local telephone system connects to the world via satellite, as is common in the Alaskan bush). Data connections here are always very poor. I’d curse the local phone company, but its employees … Continue reading
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The Summer Car
So it occurs to me that I haven’t yet explained all this long-haul ferry-and-bus voyaging through the Alaskan and Canadian wildernesses. It’s one of those complicated logistical nightmares, but it boils down to a quest for the perfect cheap used … Continue reading
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South End Of North-Bound Moose
OK, so I lied. I am going to subject you to my crappy digital snapshots of Alaskan wildlife. In this case, the rear end of a wet moose. Today for me was a very long day on the Alaska Direct … Continue reading
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Why Did The Bear Cross The Road?
Long and busy day today. I left Juneau on the fast ferry Fairweather to Skagway, where I hooked up with Alaska Direct Bus Line (call 867-668-4833 in Whitehorse and ask for Henry, it’s literally the only way to go from … Continue reading
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Nude Woman On A Taku Glacier Iceberg
One of the main occupations in Alaska is dreaming up clever new ways to get one’s hands on tourist dollars. We get a lot of tourists (and why not? It’s a great trip, everyone agrees) and like tourists everywhere, they … Continue reading
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Real Alaskan Vehicle, With Eagles
Here’s a real Alaskan vehicle for you. I called it the War Pig. I bought it off my (sort-of) brother-in-law for seven hundred bucks, after he bought it for some lesser sum at a salvage auction. First thing I did … Continue reading
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There’s A Moose!
This photo is to explain why you won’t see too much of my photography on Alaskan Blog, and why you’ll be sorry when you do. I took this with a cheap sub-megapixel Sony Mavica in May of 2001, on the … Continue reading
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My Alaska
Alaska. The Great Land. The Last Frontier. Seward’s Icebox. Seward’s Folly. Home. Why blog about Alaska? My life here isn’t that exciting, but I never grow tired of the setting. It’s worth talking about. I’m a third generation Alaskan. My … Continue reading
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