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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Learning to live in Earth’s coldest conditions.

The Tunnel Creek avalanche, five years later.

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

Agony, hallucinations, and canoes on the Yukon River.

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.

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

The allure of dangerous sports.

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

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