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2019 Iron Dog - Day 7 Update

2019 Iron Dog - Day 7 Update

After 34 hours and 27 minutes elapsed since the racers started the Iron Dog in Willow, Mike Morgan and Chris Olds crossed the finish line in Fairb...

2019 Iron Dog - Day 6 Coverage

Friday usually marks one of the faster days racing the Iron Dog, and this year was no exception. Once racers leave the Kaltag checkpoint, they bar...

2019 Iron Dog – Day 5 Coverage

After pocketing a cool $10,000 for being the fastest team to Nome, Mike Morgan and Chris Olds were up early as they began final preparations to ti...

2019 Iron Dog - Day 4 Coverage

Rest day, or sometimes referred to as 'Wrenchin' Wednesday' marks the halfway point in the Iron Dog as racers rest both mind and body, but also ten...

2019 Iron Dog - Day 3 Coverage

1,089 miles into the worlds longest, toughest snowmobile race, the top six teams are still separated by less than one hour. The first team to chec...

2019 Iron Dog - Day 2 Coverage

Social media was abuzz late last night with hundreds of fans waiting to hear official word on rumors floating about surrounding a collision between...

2019 Iron Dog - Day 1 Coverage

If the first day of the 2019 Iron Dog had to be summed up in one word, for both participants and racers alike, it would have to be 'whiteout'. Mak...

The Alaskan Captain Kirk of Science Fiction - Craig Martelle

The Alaskan Captain Kirk of Science Fiction, Interview with Author Craig Martelle Interview by Lois Simenson How many authors can say they’ve w...

US Navy Launches Stealth-Fighter-Looking Assault Craft on Kodiak Island

Alaskans living on Kodiak Island created a bit of a buzz online back in 2019 when the US Navy decided to seemingly perform some testing on their Co...

Cheesy Halibut Dip - Easy and Awesome!

Anyone who has caught a halibut on a rod and reel knows just how fun that experience can be. How hard they pull, the splashing, riding an ocean bo...

Earthquake Preparedness - Protect Your Family, Protect Your Home

Now, not later. That is the mantra of all preparedness preparations. Everything from earthquake preparedness, general power failures, and even fo...

What to Do in an Earthquake and After It's Over

Miraculously, we all survived the 7.0 quake in Alaska that left significant damage to households, businesses, and infrastructure. I say miraculous...

Great Alaska Earthquake Memes 2.0 - More is Better!

When it comes to earthquake memes, it seems that it's a case of 'the more the merrier!' Since we are still experiencing literally hundreds of after...