Years of filming across Alaska means eating wherever the crew happened to land, from a James Beard nominated kitchen in Sitka to a food truck parked next to a brewery in Valdez. Here are 25 of the best restaurants in Alaska, region by region, from the road system to the places you can only reach by boat or plane.
Your regular suitcase isn’t built for Alaska. From bush plane weight limits to wet boat decks, here’s a field-tested breakdown of the best luggage and duffel bags for getting your gear through Alaska in one piece.
What actually survives Alaska’s cold, boats, and aurora — camera gear tested on real network shoots by working filmmakers.
There’s no spray that makes Alaska mosquitoes disappear — anyone telling you otherwise is selling something. Here’s the unpopular truth about what actually works, backed by research instead of wishful thinking.
Everyone’s instinct is to buy the toughest cooler they own. That’s actually the wrong move for flying fish home from Alaska — here’s what actually works, from someone who’s done it more times than he can count.
Ten years on Alaska’s boats — Deadliest Catch, Port Protection, Bering Sea Gold, and more. Here’s how deckhand hiring, pay, and crew share actually work, from someone who’s actually been on deck.
The real backpacks worth bringing to Alaska — tested on boats, trails, and a backcountry goat hunt in Sitka — from a working TV crew.
We’ve made a career out of flying into the Alaskan bush — McCarthy glaciers, Cordova islands, ANWR, Port Protection. Here’s what flying bush planes in Alaska is actually like, the good and the genuinely terrifying.
Port Protection, Alaska is where Paul Taggart and I met. We shot every episode of the show for National Geographic. Here’s what the place, the cast, and the community are actually like — beyond what made it to air.
