The World Ice Art Championships at Ice Alaska is probably the single coolest thing that I’ve seen in Fairbanks this winter. Ice sculpting underwent a renaissance in interior Alaska in 1988 when organizers decided to revive the spirit of the 1930’s winter carnivals by flying in ice sculptors in from around the world for an […]
Biogas Digesters, The Science Behind
This is freewheelings.com first guest post by Laurel McFadden, enjoy: As one of the science-types behind the Cordova Biogas project, I’m here to write a little nerd-post about the science that our digestors are based on. Other than being a great opportunity to try to mitigate some of the energy needs of Alaskans (and northerners […]
Curling Demystified, Finally – Behind the Scenes Photos
I haven’t got to see much of the 2010 Winter Olympics this year as a result of my lack of television ownership, but I did get to see curling this evening and Snowboard halfpiping last week. My brother is out in Vancouver working the curling event for NBC so I did feel a bit obligated […]
The Alaska Marine Highway System – MV Aurora
I’m writing today from the marine vessel Aurora of the Alaska Marine Highway System. We’re currently cruising about 15 knots somewhere between Cordova and Whittier on the blue-green waters of the Prince William Sound. I wanted to chime in today on how wickedly cool the marine highway system is, and simply just to travel from […]
The Alaska Highway by Volkswagen Bus – Part 3
In case you just got here: Part 1 and Part 2 Whitehorse. I sing your song loud and I’ll sing it again. When you’ve been weeks driving and sitting along side the Alaska Highway sometimes you just need the comfort of a smiling face in the middle of nowhere. Whitehorse is a town that knows what […]
My First Dollar From freewheelings.com
It has long been a tradition that local businesses and start ups frame their very first dollar and post it on the wall. I say why not maintain that tradition even though both the wall and, actually the dollar are both virtual. Here is a screenshot of the very first dollar (thankfully adjusted for inflation) […]
Hitchhiking at -26, Alaska
Haha, good idea right. I’m a fan of hitchhiking in general. It’s a good, cheap way to get around and lends you to many an interesting experience that you might not otherwise be privy to. This post is destined to be about hitchhiking to Fairbanks from Nenana, Alaska on one very cold day, but I’m […]
Google, Buzz or Fuzz
Google Buzz showed up yesterday and is making quite a stir on the interwebnets. In a lot of ways it seems like having the Google fuzz on your tail with it’s red and blue (and yellow and green) lights flashing every time you do anything that requires an ip address. Now everyone who knows me […]
Driving to Alaska – 10 Things to Think About
This article is more for the adventurous ones that are thinking of throwing caution to wind and heading for Alaska than for those with a well padded bank account or two weeks vacation time. This is for those with an idea in mind, but maybe the details are still a little fuzzy. Okay, really, it’s […]
The Yukon Quest is Under Way!
As most of you know I had the pleasure of living with Pierre Heritier, the Swiss musher as he trained for the Yukon Quest 2010. This race is generally considered to be the world’s most difficult race and the supreme adventure through some of North America’s most difficult country. As it were, the race commenced […]