10/31: Visit the Morris Thompson Center Today
October 31, 2008 | Tags: Audio, Photos
The Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitor Center is featured again on today’s update. A few moments are spent previewing the opening of our exhibits, which are currently in progress (see below) and scheduled to open in May of 2009.
The Winning Entries!
October 16, 2008 | Tags: Photos
Inside Alaska readers and FCVB staff members have selected their three favorite entries in our photo contest for this quarter. Congratulations to Terri Hughes; First Place - Lady of the Lake, Raymie Rushing; Second Place- Delta Moose and Cassandra Cerny; Third Place - Wedgewood Wildlife Sanctuary!
Our Fairbanks and Interior Alaska Photo Contest continues year-round, so be sure to get your five favorite entries in now. The theme for the contest this time around: light, energy and warmth. Send photos that best display the light, energy and warmth of Fairbanks and you could be the winner of our final round for 2008!
Photo Contest: Your Vote Counts!
September 5, 2008 | Tags: Photos
For the first time ever, we are offering Inside Alaska visitors the opportunity to vote in our Fairbanks and Interior Alaska Photo Contest! Browse the photos by clicking on a thumbnail and navigating backward and forward via the arrows. You may vote for your three favorites directly below the images. Top three selections win!
Poll only allows visitors to vote once. Please select three favorites.
Which three photos do you like best?
- Entry 6 - Lady of the Lake (48%, 15 Votes)
- Entry 12 - Moose 2 (42%, 13 Votes)
- Entry 4 - Fairbanks Sunset (42%, 13 Votes)
- Entry 5 - Winter Scene (39%, 12 Votes)
- Entry 9 - Flower 1 (19%, 6 Votes)
- Entry 15 - Boat in Tanana (10%, 3 Votes)
- Entry 10 - Bird (6%, 2 Votes)
- Entry 7 - Denali Highway View 1 (6%, 2 Votes)
- Entry 13 - Flower 2 (6%, 2 Votes)
- Entry 1 - Sand Hill Cranes (3%, 1 Votes)
- Entry 11 - Moose 1 (3%, 1 Votes)
- Entry 16 - Athabascan Jacket (0%, 0 Votes)
- Entry 17 - Sled Dogs (0%, 0 Votes)
- Entry 14 - Reindeer (0%, 0 Votes)
- Entry 3 - Denali (0%, 0 Votes)
- Entry 8 - Denali Highway View 2 (0%, 0 Votes)
- Entry 2 - Tanana Valley (0%, 0 Votes)
- Entry 18 - Furs (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 31
Loading ...Two Foot High Kick and Ear Pull
July 22, 2008 | Tags: Alaska Native Culture, Photos
We had the privilege of attending and photographing two of the wonderful events at this past week’s World Eskimo-Indian Olympics in Fairbanks. We were audience to two of the most amazing and painful events, which you have to see to believe.
The two-foot high kick requires athletes to kick a ball suspended high in the air with both feet. Many of the finalists (demonstrated in images 3 and 4 above) end up successfully kicking above the length of their own outstretched arms!
The ear pull pits two competitors against one another, both having a single string placed behind their ear. The contest begins when both competitors begin pulling their heads straight back. The first person that either gives up, moves their head sideways, or has the string slip off their ear is the loser.
The Latest Entries
June 26, 2008 | Tags: Denali, Photos
After some extra encouragement, several people have decided join the latest round of our Fairbanks and Interior Alaska Photo Contest. Here are a few few of the latest shots. Judging will take place at the end of August; submit today!
Quick Poll: Which of the three above do you like best?
- Bull moose in lake. (52%, 12 Votes)
- On the road to Denali. (26%, 6 Votes)
- Dogs at Open North American. (22%, 5 Votes)
Total Voters: 23
Loading ...Not Much Competition…Yet
June 5, 2008 | Tags: Photos
We hand out prizes quarterly in our Fairbanks and Interior Alaska Photo Contest. After wrapping up the voting for January through April, we were expecting a cascade of new shots for the May through August round. To our surprise there have only been a few photos submitted as of today. This gives aspiring photographers the opportunity to leap into the competition-void with an astonishing and breathtaking series of up to five master works (cheesiness and over-dramatization intended). Or…you could just upload a couple of cool shots from your trip and see how they rate during the voting at the end of August.
The above is one of our latest entries. If you want to join us, we would be happy to have you. Just read all the details on the Photo Contest entry page - sign up - then upload your favorites. We’ll let you know in a couple of months whether or not you’re a winner. Thanks for participating!
Official: Second Coolest Photos
June 5, 2008 | Tags: Photos
Every day we are provided a list of search terms that resulted in a visit to Inside Alaska. One in particular caught our attention today: “cool pictures of Alaska”. While our humble opinion has always been that many of the “coolest” photos of Alaska can be found here; we were ecstatic to see an “authoritative source” like Google finally agrees. According to them, we have the second coolest set of Alaska pictures on the web. Hopefully with your support we can make #1 some day! 
See some of our officially cool photos in the Photo Gallery, via our Photos tag, on the Fairbanks Photo Contest page, or in our Interactive Guides.
Voted Best for the First Quarter
April 15, 2008 | Tags: Northern Lights, Photos
The first quarter winners of our Fairbanks and Interior Alaska Photo Contest have been determined. John Dykes captured the most first and second place votes with his northern lights pictures, and Bill Brophy secured third place with a sled dog closeup. Click the thumbnails below to see the winning shots.
Thanks to everyone who participated in this round. Entries are already being gathered for the second quarter contest; sumbit yours today!
2008 Open North American Pictures
April 3, 2008 | Tags: Dog Mushing, Open North American, Photos
The GCI Open North American Championship has been blazing through the streets of downtown Fairbanks since 1946. A field of the best sprint-mushers in the world were on hand again this year. Here’s a few pictures from the event.
For more pictures and final standings visit the Sled Dog Central ONAC page. If you would like to plan your own dog mushing adventure in Fairbanks, enter the search term “dog mushing” in one of our interactive guides. You may also want to visit the Inside Alaska dog mushing tag.
Enter Before the End of March
March 17, 2008 | Tags: Photos, Video
Entrants in our Fairbanks and Interior Alaska Photo Contest for the first quarter will be judged by our staff at the end of this month. There have been some terrific pictures submitted, and the variety this time around is better than ever. If you’ve been a Fairbanks visitor and have photos to share, we’d love to see them. You still have a couple of weeks to get in on this month’s judging, just read the entry rules and upload up to five favorites. Click play above to see a video montage of some of the best recent entries.
