Stories tagged Fairbanks

Discovery II & Discovery I, taken from the deck of Discovery III at the Steamship Landing and Trading Post. I am looking out from the bow of the sternwheeler Riverboat Discovery III as we glide up the calm, khaki-green Chena River. It is mid-May, 70-degrees with a blue sky and puffy cumulus clouds; I peel…

Story & Photos by Terri Marshall and Vanessa Orr Avalanche season in Alaska means getting up close and personal with ice. As we approach the massive ice chute, I tell Terri that we need to be quiet. Though the avalanche has already happened, you never know what sounds or vibrations might cause more ice to…