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The Alaska State Fair
Carnival rides livestock show and funnel cakes It appears the "rainy" season has begun and we all know what that means - it's Alaska State Fair Time!! With the fair just a month[...]
Rockfish – Alaska’s Remarkable Fish with Superb Culinary Flavor
Rockfish are remarkable not only for their culinary qualities Rockfish, often considered the underappreciated members of Alaska's marine fauna, are distinguished by their vibrant ginger or blaze orange colors, a spiny dorsal fin[...]
Onion Portage – The Oldest Archeological Site in North America
Arctic archaeology has been deeply influenced by J. Louis Giddings Although Archeologist J. Louis Giddings passed away in December 1964 from injuries sustained in a car accident, his three decades of pioneering research[...]
Harvesting Herring Roe in Alaska
The unique and sustainable method of harvesting herring eggs has been practiced for generations. In the pristine waters of Alaska, a unique and sustainable method of harvesting herring eggs has been practiced for[...]
Russian Creole Pioneers of Alaska
In the context of Russian Alaska, "Creole" did not refer to a racial group but was instead used to identify someone as a "colonial citizen" within the Russian Empire. This status afforded Creoles several advantages,[...]
