Category: Alaska

arctic ocean

Driving the Dempster Highway

The Dempster is Canada’s only highway crossing the Arctic Circle. The raggedy little line that cuts through the western arctic passes through the traditional home of the Han, Gwich’in and Inuvialuit people, where hunting,...

a girl smiles as she fillets salmon

Yes for Salmon

It’s election season and this year I’m voting for salmon. For me, salmon are more than just a fish. They drive the rhythm of our nomadic life, feed our bodies and bring us work. ...

Dutch Harbor, AK

Rebel without a cod…

We know only too well that what we are doing is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the drop were not there, the ocean would be missing something. – Mother...