Painting of polar bear at Fairbanks University museum by wildlife artist Roert Bateman

The Sound of an Angry Bull Moose

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August 5th 2015
The Parks Highway continues northward from the entrance of Denali to Fairbanks. My past impression of the 2ndlargest city in Alaska was one of a bleak downtown populated with drunks and not much else. To add to the malaise, it averages 13 below in January and the mosquitoes are notoriously vicious in summer heat. Our time in Fairbanks this year gave me an entirely new appreciation for this thrivin ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more