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PODCAST | Remember The Pain Going Into 2024

Listen now | I want to kind of add more emphasis on something we talked about this morning’s episode and that has to do with the pivot that the Biden team and Democrats, in general, are going to make going into the election season for 2024.

News | The News

BREAKING: U.S. Shoots Down Unidentified Object Over Alaska

The Pentagon says that a fighter jet shot down an unidentified object over the icy waters of Alaska. National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said the object ̶...

Sports | Cycling

Salsa Cycles Presents: The Friendly Arctic

Alaskan adventurers Bjørn Olson and Kim McNett undertake a fat-bike and packraft expedition entirely above the Arctic Circle. Along their route, they experie...

News | Antisemitism Watch

Elder Of Ziyon - Seward, Alaska city council laughs as member says "Jew them down" (video)

Blogging about Israel and the Arab world since, oh, forever.

Sports | Cycling

East Peak Resort Fat-Bike Fun!

Rich Loftin and some of his amigos' snowcat shuttle their fat-bikes at East Peak Resort near Valdez Alaska.

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Palin Eyed as Murkowski Primary Challenger After Impeachment Vote

Alaska's GOP officials are eyeing former governor Sarah Palin as a potential primary challenger to Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK). Murkowski has fallen out of favor with rank-and-file Republicans in her state for her vote to convict former-President Trump in

Sports | Cycling

The Friendly Arctic

In the summer of 2019, Bjørn Olson and Kim McNett completed a fat-bike and packraft route, entirely above the Arctic Circle of Alaska - Kotzebue to Point…

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Climate change has finally caught up to this Alaska village

“Many folks are not happy to be leaving the place they’ve known their whole lives.” After 20 years of melting permafrost, residents of Newtok now must move.

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Life in Alaska in the Round-the-Clock Darkness of Polar Night | The New Yorker

Coralie Kraft writes on the photo series “Polar Night,” by the photographer Mark Mahaney, which chronicles a two-month winter period of uninterrupted darkness in Utqiagvik, Alaska.

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The water is so hot in Alaska it's killing large numbers of salmon - CNN

Alaska has been in the throes of an unprecedented heat wave this summer, and the heat stress is killing salmon in large numbers.

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Alaska Over a Century: From Natural Wonders to Government Plunder

Retracing a famous environmentalist's journey almost 120 years ago, an author discovers a very different Alaska.

Sports | Cycling

Alaska Adventure - Skookum Glacier Fatbiking [4K]

Alaska Adventure - Skookum Glacier Fatbiking [4K] #Cycling #Alaska #MountainBiking #MTB #Snow

Sports | Surfing/SUPing

Part Race, Part Dare, Part Call to the Wild | The Race to AK on SUP

The Race 2 Alaska: part race, part dare, part call of the wild. The premise- make it from Washington to Alaska using only human powered vessels- no motors, n...

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

In Alaska, pricey internet and nostalgia keep video stores alive

Blockbuster still has a few locations, and an independent store in Anchorage is even thinking about opening more branches.

Sports | Surfing/SUPing

R2AK 2017 Day 10

The film crew caught paddle boarder Karl Kruger chowin' down on cheeseburger number two in Bella Bella. Produced by Morgan Kinney & Grace Glenny

Sports | Surfing/SUPing

Paddling Alaska's Kenai Lake | SUP Magazine

Two paddlers get a first-hand look at the immense beauty of the Alaskan wilderness on Kenai Lake. 

Sports | Surfing/SUPing

Bending Alaskan Glass | SUP Surfing a Tidal Bore in Turnagain Arm | SUP Magazine

A SUP lesson in boredom on a glassy afternoon in Turnagain Arm, Alaska.

Sports | Snowboarding/Skiing

GoPro: Alaskan Airdrop with Xavier De Le Rue

Join Xavier De Le Rue, Ralph Backstrom, and Sam Anthamatten as they journey to Alaska to attempt a new way to get up and down the fresh snow covered mountain...

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Obama Admin Takes Assassinated President’s Name Off Alaskan Mountain Peak

Say goodbye to Mt. McKinley, North America’s tallest mountain peak, and hello to Mt. Denali, instead. Upon his visit to the state, President Barack Obama decided to rename the Alaskan mountain peak