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Writers

Eva Holland

Crime

Looking for Justice, Finding Betrayal

When Brayden Bushby was charged with the death of Barbara Kentner, Indigenous faith in Canada’s legal system was put to the test.

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Eva Holland is a Longform contributing editor.

Eva Holland The Walrus Jun 2021 20min Permalink

Health

Premature Babies and the Lonely Terror of a Pandemic NICU

Baby Olivia weighed 1 pound, 10 ounces. Her doctors faced a stressful paradox: giving her the healing power of a parent’s touch, while keeping the virus out.

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Eva Holland is a Longform contributing editor.

Eva Holland Wired Feb 2021 15min Permalink

Science Health

The Frontier Couple Who Chose Death Over Life Apart

Artist Eric Bealer was living the remote, rugged good life in coastal Alaska with his wife, Pam, an MS sufferer, when they made a dramatic decision: to exit this world together, leaving behind precise instructions for whoever entered their cabin first.

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Holland is a contributing editor to Longform.

Eva Holland Outside Mar 2020 20min Permalink

Arts

Chasing Alexander Supertramp

Twenty years after the world first heard about Christopher McCandless, fans of Into the Wild continue to risk their lives to reach the bus where he died.

Eva Holland SKYE on AOL Dec 2013 20min Permalink

Business Science

Born to Be Eaten

What’s at stake in the fight over development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? A caribou herd, and a culture that relies on it.

Eva Holland Longreads May 2019 30min Permalink

Science Media

When a Fatal Grizzly Mauling Goes Viral

How much does the world need to know about a deadly bear attack? That question was tested in the Yukon last year, after the horrific loss of a mother and daughter caused a destructive media storm.

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Eva Holland is a Longform contributing editor.

Eva Holland Outside May 2019 10min Permalink

Science Health

Saving Baby Boy Green

Born at a barely viable 24 weeks, Owen’s life began as a battle for survival. His future is a test for how far neonatal medicine has come.

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Eva Holland is a Longform contributing editor.

Eva Holland Wired Mar 2018 20min Permalink

Travel

Get Schooled in the No-Nonsense Art of Survival

Learning to live in Earth’s coldest conditions.

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Holland is a Longform contributing editor.

Eva Holland Outside Feb 2018 20min Permalink

After the Fall

The Tunnel Creek avalanche, five years later.

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Holland is a Longform contributing editor.

Eva Holland Seattle Met Feb 2017 15min Permalink

Science Travel

Cruising Through the End of the World

What increased tourism means for the people of the Northwest Passage.

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Eva Holland is a Longform editor.

Eva Holland Pacific Standard May 2016 20min Permalink

Hellbent, But Not Broken

Agony, hallucinations, and canoes on the Yukon River.

Eva Holland SB Nation Aug 2015 25min Permalink

Sports

Unclimbable

Searching for the line between courage and humility on an expedition to Cirque of the Unclimbables, a remote ring of perfect rock-climbing mountains in Canada.

Eva Holland SB Nation May 2015 30min Permalink

The Forgotten Internment

During World War II, the indigenous Aleut people were forced into camps. 10% died.

Eva Holland Maisonneuve Jul 2014 20min Permalink

Sports

Why We Play

The allure of dangerous sports.

Eva Holland SB Nation Jun 2014 20min Permalink

Sports

Wilderness Women

The wild competition to be “worshipped” by Alaska’s most eligible bachelors.

Eva Holland SB Nation Jan 2014 15min Permalink

Sports

No Sleep 'Til Fairbanks

An account of Yukon Quest, Alaska’s grueling, thousand-mile dog sled race.

Eva Holland SB Nation Mar 2013 20min Permalink