Beyond the Northern Lights, Winter in Alaska Offers Plentiful Outdoor Fun

Beyond the Northern Lights, Winter in Alaska Offers Plentiful Outdoor Fun
For a fun winter activity, try fat tire biking. Travel Alaska/Chris McLennan ©20222
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I came all the way to Alaska in the dead of winter to take a picture.

It’s a long way to go for a snapshot—1,528 miles—but it’s one heck of an image, one I’ll use the rest of my life to win dinner bets. And it’s only the second-most popular Fairbanks midwinter photo.

Eric Lucas
Eric Lucas
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Eric Lucas is a retired associate editor at Alaska Beyond Magazine and lives on a small farm on a remote island north of Seattle, where he grows organic hay, beans, apples, and squash.
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