Place names are more than just labels on a map. They influence how people learn about the world around them and perceive ...

Our Fairbanks winter itinerary is full of unforgettable, truly Alaskan experiences. From nightly Aurora viewing to Denali National Park in winter, we've got a busy but amazing travel plan for visiting ...

I've hiked Big Bend National Park, ridden a mule down the Grand Canyon and paddled a kayak at Glacier National Park. I'm ...

The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the Ohio congressional delegation – President William McKinley was from Ohio – ...

veering west for the heart of Denali National Park and Preserve. As the single-engine aircraft elevated over the Parks Highway and Alaska Railroad, my body tightened and breath shortened. Not because ...

Travelling in Alaska — the US’s final frontier — can feel like jumping through a wormhole. Time here is marked not by the ...

To see a breaching whale, a soaring bald eagle, bears catching salmon, or a bison up close are unforgettable, awe-inspiring ...

I close out a series of winter articles with this account of a Baxter State Park ski trek of nearly 20 miles, hauling a ...

I n June of 1970, amid the snow-covered rock ramparts of Denali (the true name of North America’s highest peak), six women ...

And so, in the kind of random act that so often accompanies the colonial naming of geographic “discoveries,” Dickey and his comrades decided to bestow the name McKinley upon the huge peak. It caught ...

Sullivan said he would seek a waiver to a law that requires cruise ships to stop in Canada when traveling from the Lower 48 ...

How this project will contribute to your field of science: I conduct research in subarctic ecosystems in Denali National Park, Alaska that are currently experiencing rapid vegetation shifts to ...