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The Alaskan Interior is the large, sparsely populated, and seemingly foreboding inland expanse of the state. Far away from Alaska’s coasts, the Interior boasts gorgeous mountains and valleys, as well as fantastic manmade attractions such as the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. Despite Alaska’s cold climate, countless tourists visit the Interior every year to witness the Northern…

Alaska has a reputation for being a cold, inhospitable wasteland, and there is some truth to this. While the southern coasts of the state have a more temperate climate, the northern part of the state, dipping into the Arctic Circle, is known for life-threatening, below-freezing weather. Additionally, Alaskan weather is famously unpredictable and can change…

Fairbanks is the second-largest city in Alaska and the largest city in the Interior, the vast, sparsely inhabited inland region of the state. Founded in the early 1900’s as a gold mining boomtown, Fairbanks has since become a major service center for the Alaskan oil industry as well as a transit point for individuals traveling…

No event has shaped Alaska more than the Klondike Gold Rush. Taking place between 1896 and 1899, the Klondike Gold Rush saw thousands of migrants relocate to the neighboring territory of Yukon in Canada in search of riches. While Alaska was not directly part of the Klondike Gold Rush, it was a major transit point…

Alaska, the most northern of the 50 U.S. states, is popularly thought of as being largely uninhabited. While much of the state is only sparsely inhabited, Alaska has a number of large cities that have played significant roles in American history. Cities such as Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Sitka, and Skagway have served as port cities…

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, also known as ANWR, is a wildlife sanctuary that has become a significant cornerstone of Alaskan culture and American culture at large. Created in 1903, ANWR is by far the biggest wildlife refuge in the U.S. and one of the biggest in the world. It consists of over 19 million…

In recent decades, climate change has become a cause for concern across the world. The rise in global temperatures and concomitant rise in sea levels is a major threat to people living on the coast, particularly in poorer countries with high poverty and less-developed infrastructure. While most are vaguely aware about the effects of climate…

While the name “Prudhoe Bay” may not be a well-known one among Americans, the oil fields located in this bay are a significant part of the American economy and its strategy for energy production. Located along Alaska’s North Slope in the Arctic Ocean, the discovery of the Prudhoe Bay oil fields in 1968 transformed the…

Dog mushing remains one of Alaska’s most recognized cultural symbols and to this day is used to transport people and goods across the state. Dog mushing is using dogs to pull sleds across the snow, a common form of transportation in places like Alaska and Siberia that are known for cold winter weather and rough…

Alaska is known as America’s most distant and remote state, located far to the north and physically separated from the rest of the country by Canada. Many visitors or migrants to Alaska prefer to visit by air or sea, but not many people know that it is also possible to reach Alaska by car. Car…