Alaska Outdoor NewsAnchorage Daily News, Anchorage, AK
Anchorage kids make mushing sport of choice
by Anchorage Daily News (MICHELLE THERIAULT BOOTS)21 Feb 2012 at 4:00pm
The Goddard-Vaughan family has been trying to answer a question lately, one they never quite imagined would surface in their Anchorage lives: Should they move from their home off Tudor…
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Race is a fitting tribute to musher
by (JOHN SCHANDELMEIER)21 Feb 2012 at 2:30pm
The common definition of "Unalakleet" is "the place where the east wind blows." It certainly blows from the east there -- 20 mph is considered calm. However, the true meaning…
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Avalanche survivor: 'We weren't being idiots'
by Anchorage Daily News (MIKE DUNHAM)21 Feb 2012 at 6:12pm
Elyse Saugstad was taking a break with several fellow skiers Sunday in the Washington state backcountry when the shouting began. "Elyse! Avalanche!" The 33-year-old turned to see tons of snow…
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Outdoors hotline (2/21/12)
by ()20 Feb 2012 at 11:25pm
Notices and listings of upcoming outdoors events…
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Avalanche deaths up among ranks of experienced skiers
by The New York Times (TIM MUTRIE)20 Feb 2012 at 6:29pm
The deaths of four people in two avalanches Sunday northeast of Seattle are the latest examples of what can happen when backcountry skiing, powered by the predictable human urge for…
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Park Service seeks input on plans to improve trail
by Associated Press ()19 Feb 2012 at 11:30pm
The National Park Service is taking comments on its plans to improve and lengthen a trail at Denali National Park.
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Girdwood skier credits airbag for avalanche survival
by Anchorage Daily News (BETH BRAGG)20 Feb 2012 at 10:22am
Girdwood professional skier Elyse Saugstad credited an airbag she was carrying in her backpack for saving her life in an avalanche Sunday that killed three people she was skiing with…
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Snow enthusiasts split on use of avalanche survival aids
by The Denver Post (JASON BLEVINS)20 Feb 2012 at 10:04am
In a year when there have been several avalanches and some deaths Outside, expeerts are of two minds when it comes to avalanche safety devices like the inflatable air bag…
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Photographer waits, watches for perfect light on Mount McKinley
by Anchorage Daily News (MICHELLE THERIAULT BOOTS)20 Feb 2012 at 12:32am
For the past dozen or so years, Norio Matsumoto has camped on glaciers in the Alaska Range in the dead of winter for more than a month at a time…
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Ocean rowboat adventurer dies at 74
by The New York Times (MARGALIT FOX)18 Feb 2012 at 7:13pm
He crossed the Atlantic because it was there, and the Pacific because it was also there. He made both crossings in a rowboat because it, too, was there, and because…
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Outdoors hotline (2/14/12)
by ()13 Feb 2012 at 11:30pm
Notices and listings of upcoming outdoors events…
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Ice fishing this weekend at Jewel Lake
by Anchorage Daily News / adn.com ()8 Feb 2012 at 11:29pm
For anyone who can't wait to satisfy their urge to fish, the Alaska Sports Fishing Association's annual Ice Fishing Jamboree is taking place this weekend at Jewel Lake Park.
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When the lights go out, blame humans
by OUTDOORS (JOHN SCHANDELMEIER)7 Feb 2012 at 12:15am
Several years back, I woke my kids in the middle of the night. "Come on, get up, look at the northern lights!" The sky was a brilliant red, from horizon…
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Outdoors hotline (2/7/12)
by ()6 Feb 2012 at 11:05pm
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Federal subsistence board renews review of Alaska rural designation
by Associated Press ()2 Feb 2012 at 11:45pm
The state's federal subsistence board has discarded seven years of work to determine which rural federal lands in Alaska are eligible for subsistence hunting.
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Business
Current, former Palin aides defend her
by noreply@newsminer.com (Becky Bohrer / Associated Press)22 Feb 2012 at 4:29pm
JUNEAU, Alaska - Current and former aides to Sarah Palin are strongly denouncing an upcoming HBO movie about the 2008 presidential campaign. None of them has yet seen the movie "Game Change," base...
