Josi Shelley is leading the Yukon Quest 750 race as it moves onto the flat expanse of the Yukon River. Shelley left Circle ...

EAGLE VILLAGE, Alaska - When Jody Potts-Joseph was growing up, her family mushed sled dogs during the harsh Alaskan winters to hunt and trap, feeding them salmon caught from the Yukon River by the ...

Five Finger Rapids is one of the most iconic landmarks along the Yukon River, where ancient rock formations rise from the water, splitting the current into powerful channels. Surrounded by rolling ...

Frontrunner Josi Shelley said her team of 12 sailed along the Yukon River, but the extreme temperatures were wearing on her.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Yukon River near Marsh Lake in the Yukon. Interest is growing among First Nations in the territory and Alaska Native people to ...

Later this spring, barges of heavy equipment will pull away from a launch on Alaska’s road system and begin a journey up the Yukon River. More than 100 miles upstream, a tributary, Birch Creek, ...

STEVENS VILLAGE, Alaska (AP) — In a normal year, the smokehouses and drying racks that Alaska Natives use to prepare salmon to tide them through the winter would be heavy with fish meat, the fruits of ...

We just skied 100 miles of the frozen Yukon River, two friends and I, until it got too cold for our skis to glide, and we flew back to Fairbanks on a plane that landed on both skis and wheels. Though ...

Serena Fitka sat in the cabin of a flat-bottomed aluminum boat as it sped down the Yukon River in western Alaska, recalling how the river once ran thick with salmon. Each summer, in the Yup’ik village ...

Personhood is a concept where entities in nature — be it mountains, animals, forests or rivers — are afforded rights akin to ...

A few days ago, at the end of a summerlong journey in which he navigated nearly the entire Yukon River without a boat, Denis Morin was overcome by all he was and all he had been through. The ...