alaska

A blend of fact and fiction introduces readers to the annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska.

Unable to believe their father died while climbing Mount Denali, twelve-year-old Lily and her older sister, Sophie, climb the mountain in order to rescue him.

Wildlife conservationist Chris Morgan shares his experiences traveling across Alaska on a search for bears while filming "Bears of the Last Frontier" miniseries; offers commentary on the hardships and challenges of filming a nature documentary; and includes full-color photographs.

The talking puppies are back, and this time they venture to the frosty arctic and team up with new friends in an exciting dogsled race across Alaska. When the going gets tough, the daring dogs have to band together with their new friends, Talon and Shasta, and muster up the courage to face the fur-raising challenges ahead.

"In the winter of 1885, decorated war hero Colonel Allen Forrester leads a small band of men on an expedition that has been deemed impossible: to venture up the Wolverine River and pierce the vast, untamed Alaska Territory. Leaving behind Sophie, his newly pregnant wife, Colonel Forrester records his extraordinary experiences in hopes that his journal will reach her if he doesn't return, once he passes behond the edge of the know world, there's no telling what awaits him."--Dust jacket.

When he is kicked out of his first year of college in Anchorage, eighteen-year-old Eddie Ashford promises the university officials to work for one year at the newspaper in Kusko, Alaska, which is a small, depressing town in back-of-beyond, where it requires either a plane or a dog-sled to get around for most of the time--but staying straight is a challenge, especially when he gets caught up in the local marijuana trade.

Chronicles the history of the Tlingit people of the Pacific Northwest, including their history and culture, their interactions with early settlers, and how they have adapted to modern society.

Introduces young readers to the traditions, lifestyles, and spiritual beliefs of Native Americans of the Subarctic.

"Eleven-year-old Buck Bray travels to Denali National Park to shoot a new kids' wilderness show, and with the cameraman's daughter, they work to solve the mystery of two missing grizzly cubs"--OCLC.

Part adventure, part love story, and part inquiry into the mystery of the connection between humans and dogs, this book is a memoir of a woman, her dogs, and what can happen in the place between daring and doubt. Debbie Clarke Moderow ran the Alaskan Iditarod with her sled dogs in 2003 and 2005.