by Hank Nuwer | Aug 8, 2026 | Alaska Tales, Travel Reviews
By Hank Nuwer: First published in the Cordova Times Bad news made headlines on April 1, 1937, but it was no April Fool’s joke. Officials at the Kennecott Corporation announced on April 1, 1937, that the copper mine would close within two years....
by Hank Nuwer | Jul 12, 2026 | Hank Nuwer Autobiography, Travel Reviews
Flying the Unfriendly Skies By Hank Nuwer Stories of unruly passengers causing airline pilots to take unscheduled forced landings seem to make headlines more frequently. We read about miscreants doing all sorts of tomfoolery and dangerous acts: storming a...
by Hank Nuwer | Jun 20, 2026 | Alaska Tales, Travel Reviews
Last Frontier Tales Making Memories on the Magic Mountain By Hank Nuwer First published in Cordova Times A visit of our Natalia to Alaska inspired my wife Gosia and me to get off our duffs and into the gorgeous country. The three of us agreed to...
by Hank Nuwer | Jun 11, 2026 | Alaska Tales, Travel Reviews
Last Frontier Tales Sea Lions and Whales and Otters and Puffins: Oh Boy! Travel Review: Stan Stephens Cruises By Hank Nuwer My wife Gosia, daughter Natalia, and myself could not have been more excited when we reached a road sign noting the empty lots where Old...
by Hank Nuwer | Mar 15, 2026 | Alaska Tales, Hank Nuwer Autobiography, Humor, Travel Reviews
My wife Gosia and I returned yesterday from a working vacation in Alaska. The mountains wore a majestic white cape of snow. As we drove hairpin turns on the Kenai Peninsula, the Avis rental car belched an ominous warning noise. Gulp, a dashboard icon predicted...
by Hank Nuwer | Sep 30, 2025 | Alaska Tales, Travel Reviews
Last Frontier Days Polar Attraction: A Bear-Watching Trip to Utqiagvik (Polar bear photo by Gosia Nuwer) Review by Hank Nuwer (I’ve spliced together two different published newspaper stories, one from Cordova and one from Randolph County, IN–HN) ...
