A giant potato has been traveling around the country for 11 years, and is coming to Alaska for the first time this weekend, heading to Skagway in Southeast Alaska. The outsized tater may be a promotional scheme by the Idaho Potato Commission, but Skagway is embracing the weirdness and rolling out the red carpet. There is…
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A Hōkūle‘a crew member speaks on regaining the ‘lost art form’ of navigating without instruments
“That was a time of our language being brought back into schools, so that little babies are now starting to learn their culture,” Moani Heimuli says. “And Hōkūle‘a was built to really fill that void of the seafarers.”
Passenger plane escapes damage from bird strike at Skagway airport
The Federal Aviation Administration has recorded 58 bird collisions and one involving a coyote in Alaska in the past year.
After long wait, M/V Hubbard begins service in Lynn Canal
The Hubbard carried its first passengers on Tuesday. It now links Juneau, Haines and Skagway.
New lumber-grading bill could open markets for Alaska sawmills
As it stands now, Alaskans have to ship in graded lumber from the outside, which is expensive.
Bred to hunt, Karelian bear dogs touted as tool for conserving wildlife
2020 was an especially difficult year for the Chilkat Valley’s bears.
The insects of Lynn Canal are coming out
A caddisfly was reportedly seen circling a Haines light bulb. A large mosquito was observed landing on a pile of wood.
Large rock throws wrench into Skagway’s cruise ship schedule
Skagway is hiring people spend the summer living in wall tents, watching for rockslides eight to ten hours a day.
Haines residents split over planned Juneau Drag performance at the Southeast Alaska State Fair
The chair of the fair board guesses he’s spent more than 25 hours dealing with pushback against the scheduled performance. He didn’t expect such a reaction.
Record number of cruise passengers expected in Skagway this year
Increased docking capacity at the port and a longer season should push Skagway’s visitor numbers past the 2019 record.