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...
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...
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...
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...