On June 22, Canadian Chris Greig, 25, from Oakville, Ontario, will embark on an 8,000-kilometer self-funded bicycle tour from Fairbanks, Alaska to Miami, Fla. The bike tour, which Greig has named the “Campaign for Good News,” is an effort to bring some much needed positive and uplifting news stories to the public. Campaign for Good…
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Anchorage Population: 272,687 Anchorage is by far the biggest city in Alaska in terms of population, with more than eight times as many people as the next biggest town, Fairbanks. Fairbanks Population: 31,324 Fairbanks, located in central Alaska, is just 198 miles south of the Arctic Circle and a great city from which to view…
Continue ReadingPerhaps no other book is as synonymous with Alaska and the Yukon as Jack London’s seminal work The Call of the Wild. This timeless story about the journey of Buck, an Alaskan sled dog during the time of the Klondike gold rush, still attracts visitors to the Last Frontier despite being written over 100 years…
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