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On the water, then and now

In the days of sail, ocean travel was dangerous. Thousands of shipwrecks from that era litter Earth's oceans and beaches. Sailing ships weren't for fun and games. If you were part of the...

by Les Palmer

Outdoors

When Outsiders find out I'm from Alaska, they often ask why I live there. I say it's for the fishing, but the real reason has more to do with elbow room. The population of Washington, where I'm spending the winter, is pushing 7...

by Les Palmer

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Historical observations of highways, fire and moose

Frank Dufresne, Chief, Division of Information, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, retired on June 20, 1950 after 30 years of continuous Federal service. Twenty-four years of Mr. Dufresne's career were spent in Alaska. He entered his life...

by Gary Titus

Fishing

2012, a humpy year

It's time someone put in a good word about pink salmon, the fish also known as humpies, so I'll give it a try. Weighing between 3 and 4 pounds, pinks are the smallest of the five salmon species found in Alaska waters, but they...

by Les Palmer

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