Alaska produces an unusually great number of crowd-rocking and groove-inducing musicians and bands for a state that only has a population of less than 800,000. What you also may not know is that Alaskans love their music as much as they love fishing, skiing, hiking and a good local brew.
Drawn by the prospect of gold and environmental riches, Alaska has welcomed many ambitious souls to its misty coastlines and deep wilderness. Some souls chose to stay… forever. With settlements built on top of sacred Native sites, the shadow of bloody 20th century conflicts, and the hard fates of those…
The University of Alaska Fairbanks men’s ice hockey team kicks off its regular season against Western Michigan University at the Carlson Center on Friday, Oct. 18. A proud sponsor of the 2013-2014 UAF athletic season, it’s apparent that, at Princess Alaska Lodges, we love our Nanooks. What is a Nanook,…
Do you get paid just for living in your state of residence? Alaskans do. In addition to having no state income tax, qualifying Alaska residents receive an added bonus in the form of the Alaska Permanent Fund. The amount of the 2013 Alaska Permanent Fund was announced on Wednesday,…
Photo Credit: Octupus Ink Facebook Page A lot can be said about the Alaska dress code. In fact, one media source went as far as listing Anchorage, the state’s largest city, among the top worst dressed U.S. cities. Well, we are here to set the record straight about Alaska fashion.
With landscapes that have remained largely undisturbed from their original states, Alaska is chock full of rare wildlife. There are the legendary grizzly bears, seas teeming with fish, and some of the most distinctive ungulates (that would be hoofed mammals) in the world. But beneath the surface of these world-famous…
Downtown Fairbanks. Courtesy of Flickr. This year Alaska’s largest gathering of Alaska Natives is headed to the Carlson Center in the Golden Heart City of Fairbanks. Starting Thursday, Oct. 24, the Alaska Federation of Natives annual convention (AFN) will showcase the rich cultures of Alaska’s native people: their art,…
Are you eagerly anticipating your vacation to Alaska but curious how you’re going to see they very best of all 663,300 square miles of her splendor? The National Register of Historic Places is the National Park Service’s listing of the most historic places in the United States that require…
Climbing through rugged terrain to finally arrive at 20,320 ft., Hudson Stuck, Harry Karstens, Walter Harper and Robert G. Tatum were the first to successfully reach the summit of Denali, North America’s tallest peak. On June 7, 1913, after 10 years of attempted summits by other expeditions, the quest…
In this era of lightning-quick internet connections, vast flight grids, and smartphone GPS devices, it can feel as if there are no undiscovered places left in the world. This is not entirely true, however – many landscapes maintain only the most tenuous of human relationships. Read on for 5 places…