It's been a century, perhaps two, since wood bison roamed the wilds of Alaska. But that could change soon thanks to the efforts of Alaska Fish and Game employees and staffers at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center. In this piece for The Magazine, I report on what it takes to move a wood bison back from the brink--and to get a checkup. (Stubborn old things.)
March 13, 2014
March 03, 2014
BonAppetit.com: Frozen Dinners
February 25, 2014
Another food truck story? Don't worry, I wouldn't bore you with just any old food truck story. (I know when a trend is cooked.) Click on through to meet some of the food truck owners who roll (or stay put) all through the Alaska winter. It takes dedication--and really good boots.
Read the piece on BonAppetit.com.
February 03, 2014
Entrepreneur: Going Deep
Feb., 2014
Meet Eric Stackpole and David Lang, the guys who invented an underwater robot that's helping everybody from hardcore marine biologists and aquaculturists and students to ... anybody, really, see what's going on under the deep. Their company, OpenROV, is a good example of how the maker culture helps bridge the world between professional scientists and hobbyists.
October 24, 2013
Entrepreneur: Walking on Air
Oct., 2013
Rick Stafford, inventor, outdoorsman and former oil-field worker on Alaska’s North Slope—the kind of guy “who will take three hours to build a tool to turn a two-hour job into 30 minutes”—wanted to create a potentially lifesaving (and easy-to-pack) way for snowmobilers to walk away after a backwoods breakdown. His solution? Airlite inflatable snowshoes.
April 11, 2013
National Geographic Traveler: Where the Buffalo Roam
May 2013
In western South Dakota, a buffalo nibbles grass on the side of a road. One sight of the behemoth, its spindly legs supporting its bulk as if by magic, and I'm hooked. three weeks into a drive from New Jersey to Alaska, on what I intended to be a quick detour into Custer State Park, a rush of giddiness takes the wheel. The West can wait.
Read the rest of my road trip story in the May issue of National Geographic Traveler or in the magazine's Zinio edition.
April 04, 2013
BonAppetit.com: The Great-Tasting Outdoors: 6 Fantastic Restaurants in National Parks
April 19, 2013
Why haven't you planned a summer trip to at least one of America's national parks? What, the promise of majestic mountains, streams that twinkle in the sun, and bears isn't enough? Come on: bears! Okay, fine, some extra incentive: In or near these six national parks are restaurants that will convince even the pickiest locavores and most ardent urbanites to invest in an annual pass.
May 09, 2012
Round-Trip America: April 15 - November 8, 2012
The drive is over but the stories continue. Find out what happened as I road tripped and ferried from the New York City area to Alaska and back again. From April to November 2012, I drove across the northern United States, took a ferry across the Gulf of Alaska, spent three months in Alaska, and then took a rambling drive back east.
September 01, 2011
Viv: Living Lodge
Sept/Oct 2011
Take up temporary residence at one of these four extraordinary lodges that serve up equal parts excitement, comfort, and culinary joy.
July 18, 2011
National Geographic Traveler's Intelligent Travel Blog:
Southeast Alaska as Mood Tonic
July 18, 2011
A mood rescue was required. A week ago Wednesday, I moved to Alaska for the summer. On Thursday, a driver pulled a hit and run on my rental car. (It was parked. I wasn’t in it.) And, on Friday, I had some quality time with an Alaska State Trooper.
Find out how thoughts of SE Alaska turned my post-car incidents mood around.
July 05, 2011
National Geographic Traveler: A Fair to Remember
July/Aug 2011
The Ferris wheel awaits. This charticle serves up the Blue Ribbon goods on five State Fairs. Pick up the July/Aug issue of Traveler to find out the best place to eat candy buckeyes, which fair serves reindeer sausage, and where you can meet Bardo the Clown.
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