Mt. Redoubt Volcano Updates
March 26, 2009 | Tags: Redoubt
You may have heard or read about the recent eruptions of the Mt. Redoubt volcano in South Central Alaska. Here are some links to sources with the very latest information:
- The Alaska Volcano Observatory – Latest Activity Report
- Airline Contact Information – Fairbanks
- Airline Contact Information – Anchorage
- KTUU Redoubt Watch – Latest News Articles and Video
Travelers should monitor the situation before altering or cancelling vacation plans. Most areas of the state remain unaffected by the volcano’s eruption.
Mt. Redoubt is located approximately 500 miles to the Southwest of Fairbanks.
2009 GCI Open North American Championships
March 20, 2009 | Tags: Dog Mushing, Winter
Some of the best sprint-mushers in the world came racing down the Chena River just outside our offices this afternoon. I thought you might like to have a look, so I grabbed a camera and headed down the river bank just in time to catch a few of the teams. Here’s how things looked on day 1 of the race:
2009 Open North American, Fairbanks from insidealaska on Vimeo.
The GCI Open North American Championships begin in the heart of downtown Fairbanks and have been run since 1946. The field of 18 this year includes many former champions and is continuing throughout the weekend. Stop by the starting line this Saturday or Sunday on Second Avenue, and if you have a chance walk down the street to the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center and say hello.
A Very Moosey Morning
March 19, 2009 | Tags: Moose, Winter
How many other places on earth can you see moose regularly from your downtown office window? In a ten minute period this morning we saw two moose wandering across the Chena River just outside the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center. Here are a few of the photos we captured:
Other exciting things happening around the office this morning include sending e-mails, making phone calls, doing research and other work on all things Fairbanks-marketing-related. (We didn’t take pictures of that!)
Fairbanks Musher Headed for His Third in a Row!
March 18, 2009 | Tags: Dog Mushing, Iditarod, Lance Mackey, Yukon Quest
At this very moment Lance Mackey has a substantial lead on the last leg of the 1,000 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Mackey is a Fairbanks resident and a four-time winner of the Yukon Quest, which also runs 1,000 miles from Fairbanks to Whitehorse, Yukon. Lance was the first ever musher to win those races back to back, and just to prove it wasn’t a fluke, did it two years in a row (2007 and 2008).
Lance’s closest competitor is the reigning Yukon Quest Champion Sebastian Schnuelle. His Quest victory this year was close, as currently 14th place Hugh Neff came into the Fairbanks finish just a matter of minutes behind. Other Interior mushers or Quest veterans in the Iditarod 2009 top 20 include Aaron Burmeister of Nenana (4th), Jessie Royer of Fairbanks (8th), Aliy Zirkle of Two Rivers (11th), Sonny Lindner of Two Rivers (15th), Ken Anderson of Fairbanks (16th), three-time Quest winner Hans Gatt (17th) and Jeff King of Denali (18th).
The Yukon Quest is gaining more and more prominance as the mushers and mushing fans begin to realize this “toughest sled dog race in the world” has become the crucible in which the elite teams are formed. So if you’re not tuned in, get to the Quest website and get an education. The sled dog racing champions of tomorrow and today are already there!
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