Boys & Girls Clubs – Alaska is proud to work with Alaska Communications to announce the 2015 Summer of Heroes program. Celebrating its five-year anniversary, this program aims to promote awareness and support for youth development programs throughout the state. Boys & Girls Clubs – Alaska, together with Alaska Communications, recognizes five young heroes each […]
One hundred years ago, a group of men sailed to the northern coast of Alaska to find a land mass rumored to protrude from the Arctic Ocean. They did not find the land. After wintering in the north everyone hurried back to warmer places. Except for Ernest Leffingwell. Leffingwell, a geologist, teacher, and a veteran […]