It would be a shame to get all the way to Fairbanks Alaska and not venture onto one of the most iconic roadways, the Dalton Highway

It's hard to imagine that a ditch could change the course of history, but it did.

It was wonderful to smell the sea air, hear the sound of water and gulls, and see the boats bobbing on the water...

In Alaska, getting someplace is as much part of an adventure as being someplace.

One thing that never entered our mind was that we would be writing about the subject of permafrost. Perma-what?

Alaska is an enormously vast land of beauty and untamed wilderness and home to one of the engineering marvels of the 20th century.