Nov 30, 2011 | Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Study: Alaska sled dogs that eat salmon have high mercury levels
BETHEL, Alaska - A new study by an environmental group shows that sled dogs on the Yukon River have higher levels of mercury than other sled dogs eating a commercial diet.
Paddling the Big Yukon in a Little Boat
A little girl on the beach of Russian Mission was the first person to ask the question I'd been expecting for the past six months.A The question was the most obvious of all: why? Why were we attempting to paddle the entirety of the Yukon River? Fortunately, the river had given me plenty of time to prepare an answer.A Actually, I had a whole panoply ... (more)