Hank Nuwer
You can go home again. But that home no longer is the same.
I’m here on a family vacation, showing my wife Gosia and daughter Natalia the haunts of my past life, Hank writes.
Nina Whaley: Representing Alaska, 1963
Her first coup came on March 16, 1963, when the tall, dark-haired competitor walked away with the crown as the new reigning Miss Fairbanks.
Leo Kriska: A musher’s mission of mercy
Legendary sprint mushers long will stay household names in Alaska. One of the all-time best was veteran racing champion and veterinarian Roland Lombard. His...
John Hegness: Alaskan pioneer musher
Hegness’ claim to fame came in 1908 when he and his team raced from Nome to Candle and won the top purse in the first All-Alaska Sweepstakes Race.
A tragedy narrowly averted
Beset by unfavorable conditions, the two planes landed on a frozen lake in a remote, unpopulated stretch of deep snow some 150 miles shy of their destination.
The show went on despite adversity
The tension was for real – and felt by the entire cast!
Sara and Fred Machetanz, larger than life: Part III
Ever after Fred’s 1962 one-artist show at an Anchorage hotel, art dealers and buyers clamored to purchase his work.
Burleson, Dunn, Machetanz and 15 years of struggle: Part II
Fred and Sara Machetanz became a freelance publishing- and film-making team after their wedding in 1947.
Burleson, Dunn, Machetanz and a second chance at love: Part I
Sara Burleson Dunn’s world came crashing down on May 16, 1944, when a U.S. naval air station dirigible slammed into a hangar on a...
Mudhole Smith helped feed Cordova in 1946
Smith was a citizen of Cordova intent on helping people face near-starvation as a Maritime Strike on the West Coast put an end to all but one shipment of food and supplies to Alaska.
