Alaska is more than mountains and wildlife — it’s a strange, rugged, funny, and deeply independent place. This hub covers Alaska history, culture, local life, books, fishing communities, weird traditions, facts, stories, and the realities of living in the far north.
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.
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.
We spent years eating our way through Homer filming for the Discovery Channel. Here’s the honest guide to where a tired film crew actually eats — from the Spit to Old Town and everything in between.
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.
A couple of years ago, an article asking “is Alaska safe to visit” would have been about bear spray and life jackets. In 2026 it’s a more complicated question — and this is the honest answer.
The only sit-down restaurant inside FAI, + the best spots to eat near Fairbanks Airport, from a film crew who’s flown through too many times.
Look at a map of where you can actually buy a plane ticket in America and the dot just stops.
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