[smartslider3 slider=4] Nate Becker lives with his family on a quiet stretch of the Yukon River as it flows into Alaska. On a recent ski trip, I visited the Beckers’ home along with two geologist friends. Nate had a question for them. “Why are all the gold deposits located on the south side of […]
[smartslider3 slider=3] We just skied 100 miles of the frozen Yukon River, two friends and I, until it got too cold for our skis to glide, and we flew back to Fairbanks on a plane that landed on both skis and wheels. Though my friends — Bob Gillis and Adam Bucki — are both […]
Photo: Spc. Marquise Gabriel Elliot. Image-US Army HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – One Soldier was killed and another injured in a vehicle rollover accident during training in the Yukon Training Area Friday, June 14. The vehicle driver, Spc. Marquise Gabriel Elliot, was treated at the scene by medics and transported […]