by Hank Nuwer | Oct 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
By Hank Nuwer Guarding a former king was a royal pain My response to the ascendency to the throne of King Charles III is simply to stifle a yawn. Hey, I’ve suffered a personal run-in with the British Crown. I have a right to my opinion. I remember well that July day...
by Hank Nuwer | Oct 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
One of the best Alaska traditions to grip the imagination of the world is Fat Bear Week, with voting beginning at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Alaska time. The event was started nine years ago as Fat Bear Tuesday by Mike Fitz, then a Katmai National Park ranger and now the... by Hank Nuwer | Oct 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
Weekends fly by all too fast, don’t they? One week ago Saturday my wife Gosia and I enjoyed the incredible vistas on the highway south of Delta Junction and north of Paxson. The next day I took Gosia for her first trip on the Dalton Highway, but we did not drive too... by Hank Nuwer | Sep 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
Last week I found my wife Gosia and our visitors from London and Poland in an excited state. Gosia explained that a raptor swooped out of the sky, and its wings blocked her view from the van’s windshield. Gosia braced for impact that never came. At the moment of... by Hank Nuwer | Sep 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
What an exciting and beautiful week for two relatives from London and Gosia’s aunt from Warsaw to visit us. Their big dream was to see an aurora and the skies over Fairbanks. Late night Monday and early Tuesday morning appeared an aurora shade of green I only have...
