Alaska

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  • Kafka of the Great White North

    Franz's niece takes the Yukon.
    By Anne Beatts June 30, 1999

  • Alaskan odyssey

    Our last wilderness is a place of enduring angst and enlightenment.
    By Zachary Karabell May 8, 1999

  • The men who moil for gold

    A century after the race for the Klondike gold fields, a hiker traces the argonauts' northward course.
    By J. Kingston Pierce January 6, 1999

  • Maiden voyage

    She was an impressionable 19-year-old passenger; he was the worldly cruise ship photographer. When he said, "Take off your shirt," what was she to do? By Susanna Stromberg.
    By Susanna Stromberg October 7, 1998

  • The Inuit Olympics

    Mary Roach reports on the Inuit Games, an annual competition involving Head Pulls, Knuckle Hops and other daunting competitions 100 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
    By Mary Roach January 7, 1998

  • The Yukon Quest

    Unlike the Iditarod, the Yukon Quest is not about commercialism and sponsors; it's about life and death and covering 1,000 rugged miles by dog sled.
    By Laura Johnston December 16, 1997

  • Mondo Weirdo

    More tales of amazing festivals and strange nights around the world.
    October 21, 1997
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