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Meet the winning Yukon Quest team

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Feb 20, 2012
by Suzanna Caldwell/scaldwell@newsminer.com WHITEHORSE, Yukon — Mushers get a lot of credit for winning sled dog races, but ask any of them and they'll tell you the true credit goes to the dogs. “For me, I get so much more out of seeing my dogs get ...

State sovereignty challenge at root of Yukon River hovercraft case

Alaska Dispatch

Alaska Dispatch - Feb 20, 2012
A federal magistrate might have rejected arguments the state of Alaska -- not the federal government -- holds sway over the Yukon River within the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve north of Fairbanks, but US District Court Judge Russell Holland ...

Yukon Quest mushers wrap up festivities with banquet

CBC.ca

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Feb 19, 2012
by Suzanna Caldwell/scaldwell@newsminer.com WHITEHORSE, Yukon — For a race that's all about the dogs, Abbie West wants to bring the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race back to the people. While driving her dog team over American Summit outside of ...

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Yukon books

Traveler's Guide to Alaskan Camping: Alaska and Yukon Camping With RV or Tent

by: Mike Church, Terri Church

Detailed routes and advice for exploring Alaska and northwestern Canada are provided in this guide for RV and tent campers. This grand tour of Alaska covers in detail the Alaskan Highway, routes throughout the Yukon and Alaska, and the ferry system in southeastern Alaska. Close to 500 campgrounds throughout the region are listed with pictures, descriptions of amenities, meticulous maps, and contact information for each; campgrounds suitable for large RVs are also identified.
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Moon Spotlight The Yukon & Northwest Territories

by: Andrew Hempstead
Moon Spotlight The Yukon & Northwest Territories is a 60-page compact guide covering the best of Canada’s far north, including Waterfalls Route, Yellowknife, Whitehorse, and Dawson City. Travel writer and photographer Andrew Hempstead offers his firsthand advice on what sights are must-sees, and sightseeing highlight maps make planning your time easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation.
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A Land Gone Lonesome: An Inland Voyage along the Yukon River

by: Dan O'Neill
In his square-sterned canoe, Alaskan author Dan O’Neill set off down the majestic Yukon River, beginning at Dawson, Yukon Territory, site of the Klondike gold rush. The journey he makes to Circle City, Alaska, is more than a voyage into northern wilderness, it is an expedition into the history of the river and a record of the inimitable inhabitants of the region, historic and contemporary. A literary kin of John Muir’s Travels in Alaska and John McPhee’s Coming into the Country, .
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Running North: A Yukon Adventure

by: Ann Mariah Cook
Now in paperback, the acclaimed story of a family's struggle to complete the world's most grueling dogsled race.
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Windy Arm, Yukon

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Yukon Blonde - Water

Official video for "Water" by Yukon Blonde. From the Fire//Water EP - Available Sept 20 in Canada, Oct 11 world wide.

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Yukon Territory Voting Instructions, October 2011

Petition to modernize the Yukon Elections Act: bit.ly Contact Elections Yukon at 667-8683 or elections.yukon@gov.yk.ca to make a formal complaint. After the October 2011 Yukon Territorial Election, many people were bewildered by the lack of secure enumeration. The possibility of voter fraud and the reality of long time Yukoners being turned away from the polls made more than a few concerned citizens angry enough to speak out about it. The scenarios portrayed in this video are a reflection of real events (minus the cyclops).

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