John McPhee encountered Ulvi and Roberts two years after the couple’s arrival on the Yukon, when they were just getting the the hang of things.
Alaska's Energy Desk
“Made for me”: An Alaskan couple looks back at romance and upheaval in the wilderness
Corazza spent his first winter in the Alaska wilderness in 1975, when he was just 23. In “Coming into the Country,” John McPhee quotes Corazza saying he settled on the Alaska bush because “‘There ain’t no barbed wire up here.'”
From the bush to Congress, Willie Hensley straddles rural and urban divide in Alaska
Inupiaq politician, educator, reflects on the state 40 years ago and now
State agency could offer public comment period for fracking projects
The state agency that oversees oil and gas drilling is proposing a ten-day comment period for applications to use hydraulic fracturing on an oil or gas well. The proposal falls in between what environmental groups and the industry say is sufficient opportunity for public input before a well can be fracked in Alaska.
Coming into the Country
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of John McPhee’s book that shared Alaska with the world.
Ask a Climatologist: Snowflake sweet spot
The official name for the snowflake sweet spot is the dendritic growth zone. It happens when atmospheric temperatures are just right for producing large flakes.
St. Paul’s fur seal pups at lowest level in 100 years
Since 1998, pup production on St. Paul Island has dropped more than 50 percent. The cause of the ongoing decline is a mystery.
Even before leading John McPhee down the Salmon River, Pat Pourchot had his dream job
By 1975, when John McPhee showed up in Alaska, Pourchot was a skilled paddler, with three summers of river running experience behind him. But Pourchot had never heard of The New Yorker Magazine and didn’t have any idea who John McPhee was.
After months of controversy, Deer Mountain might not be logged after all
With a federal land swap in the works, the Alaska Mental Health Trust says they’ll pass on the controversial timber sale.
The lure of John McPhee’s “Coming into the Country,” 40 years later
To readers 40 years later, John McPhee’s 1977 book about Alaska “Coming into the Country” is still relevant and still popular.