Spruce log structure is oldest in Alaska

Russians left big footprint on Kodiak Island

By Discover Kodiak In 1741, members of Vitus Bering’s second voyage through the Gulf of Alaska set foot on Alaska soil, marking the beginning of Russian sovereignty in the state.  Kodiak Islanders enjoyed a few more years of peace when…
TID Chart

Senate holds Travel Alaska Act

The Senate Labor and Commerce Committee has decided to hold over the interim the so-called “Travel Alaska Act” until 2018.
Cruise ship in Ketchikan

Red-letter day

Ketchikan broke a record May 19. With this new accomplishment, it sets up the opportunity to break it again and do even better.
Norwegian Bliss

Construction begins on Bliss

Construction officially started on Norwegian Cruise Line’s next mega-ship, Norwegian Bliss, when the keel-laying ceremony took place at the MEYER WERFT shipyard in Papenburg, Germany.
Seldovia

Russian history survives in place names

There’s a secret hidden in many of the place names of Alaska, invisible to those who speak no Russian. Scattered across the state’s landscape are traces of the Russian explorers’ opinions of the terrain, inserted into the place names and the lingo of today’s Alaskans. It can be difficult to trace the roots back, dispersed as they are through the nearly two centuries since Russians arrived.
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