Alaska's Beauty

September 23, 2010 Arcticulates ® Focusing on Alaska's Beauty Author: K. Fields Alaska's Fall Colors 1 During Alaska's fall season, tho it's short... it's spectacular. The colorful leaves are vibrant variants of the colors green, red, yellow and orange, paired with a backdrop of brown and tan fields, dark green spruce trees, and the deep blue sky, toss in a few snow peaked mountains and sparkling blue lakes and streams and we have a natural 'WOW' factor in breathtaking views...Read Full Story

September 23, 2010 Arcticulates ® Focusing on Alaska's Beauty Author: K. Fields Alaska's Fall Colors 1 During Alaska's fall season, tho it's short... it's spectacular. The colorful leaves are vibrant variants of the colors green, red, yellow and orange, paired with a backdrop of brown and tan fields, dark green spruce trees, and the deep blue sky, toss in a few snow peaked mountains and sparkling blue lakes and streams and we have a natural 'WOW' factor in breathtaking views...Read Full Story

September 3, 2009 Arcticulates ®  Focusing on Alaska's Beauty Author: K. Fields ~~ Triumphant Harvest ~~ YIPPEE!  WE DID IT !!!    We got to harvest the garden before the moose did this year.  It has been a long summer of guarding the garden goodies to keep those moose out..  But it was sooo worth it.!!   We managed to have a triumphant harvest this year without a big moose bite out of the middle of each cabbage, as per years before. And we managed to harvest the lettuce , onions...Read Full Story

We have a lot of Moose living in this area (between 150,000 and 170,000 live in Alaska). We have to be cautious when we are outside and notice one nearby, because they have no problem with stomping a human.They chew the bark of the Willow bushes that grow around our house. We can tell how deep the snow was every winter by how high the chew marks are on the trees when the snow melts.I own a business which thrives during tourist season, and the one question everyone always asks, is "where are...Read Full Story

It has been said that Beavers are second only to humans in their capacity to manipulate the environment. They are the world's most efficient loggers. These little 3 foot long, 50 pound chewing machines usually live to about 12 years, and it is possible for the older beavers to tip the scales at 100 pounds.Beavers are built for underwater work, for instance the ears on the Beaver have these natural built in valves that close when they submerge, the same with their noses.The large front teeth...Read Full Story

Well, finally we have the warmer weather, I can see the brown grass since most of the snow has melted. This brings to mind 2 things that we have to be cautious of when running around outside.The first thing is the bears are out now, forging around for food, we have already heard of one bear mauling recently of a jogger and his dog, the dog got away, but the jogger didn’t and suffered severe bites on his body and head. Bear taking a break from forging to look us over!Picture by Stephen L...Read Full Story

Arcticulates Presents: ~~ ICY DESIGNS ~~ If you take a ride around North Pole, Alaska and the neighboring cities you might think that Ice Carving is a favorite winter past-time. There are ice sculptures in front of businesses, in the middle of the roundabouts, on lawns and along the highways...  and there is a special park right next to the Santa Claus house that has some beautiful Ice sculptures called Christmas in Ice . I have been there several times and want to share these photos of...Read Full Story

Tho...I have already told my tales of woe during Spring Break-Up! There are really some beautiful sights, that you won’t see any other time of the year! Piles of Thick Broken Ice Pieces along the River! Picture by K. FieldsIt is a wonder to see the ice cracked and broken laying in piles in the rivers! I am always amazed at how thick the ice is…yet it still breaks.Edges of Thick Broken Ice along a Swift RiverPicture by K. FieldsAnd to see the water flowing swiftly again through the broken ice...Read Full Story

One thing that is pretty common in the rural areas of Alaska is the food cache, usually a small building on long log legs, so that it is high up in the air, with a wooden ladder that can be leaned up against the cache to climb up into it… Alaska Food CachePicture By K. FieldsIt’s original use is for food storage. Keeping food up away from living area (tent, cabin, etc) helped lessen the chance of invasion of wild animals forging for food. Bears, wolverine etc… A long wooden ladder usually...Read Full Story

We have a lot of Moose living in this area (between 150,000 and 170,000 live in Alaska). We have to be cautious when we are outside and notice one nearby, because they have no problem with stomping a human.They chew the bark of the Willow bushes that grow around our house. We can tell how deep the snow was every winter by how high the chew marks are on the trees when the snow melts.I own a business which thrives during tourist season, and the one question everyone always asks, is "where are...Read Full Story