Alaska remains at Preparedness Level 4, the highest priority nationally for wildfire response, with cumulative acres for the ...

Traveling the roughly 1,400 miles of the Alaska Highway is not as risky since paving was completed in 1992, but a road trip on the northland artery (also known as the Alcan) still requires ...

Three friends, an RV and a thirst to explore: Welcome to the ultimate road trip along the Alaska Highway. No billboards or motels, just 3,000 miles of glorious wilderness, scenery and memories.

Alaska is rich in oil, ... The ice road truckers putting Alaska on the trade map By Kieron Monks. 4 minute read Updated 7:28 AM EDT, Tue August 4, 2015 Link Copied ...

WWII veteran helped build Alaska Highway, made maps for Gen. MacArthur. February 28, 2022 at 4:00 a.m. by Jeremy Amick Joe Adrian holds a picture of his late father, Adolph.

But the 1,520-mile Alaska-Canada Highway, from Dawson Creek, B.C., to the Yukon Territory, is the most fascinating lifeline of all, as captured in a superb one-hour segment of PBS’ “American ...

On an epic road trip, a family plots a course from Alaska to the Lower 48, passing through some of Canada’s most spectacular scenery. The tally: 2,200 miles, five national parks, numerous hot ...

The Alaska Highway was built during World War II to transport troops and materials to Alaska ... although Dad’s penchant for using his 35-year-old maps did pose a dilemma as our charts became ...

Generally speaking, road-tripping in Alaska — a state bigger than California, Texas and Montana combined — is time consuming. Towns that look like neighbors on the map can be distant.