Coast Guard Lt. Joey Schlosser looked out his kitchen window to see a man on a raft with a dog trying to paddle Gastineau Channel. After being rescued by the Coast Guard, Brandt Smith explained to KTOO what he was trying to accomplish.
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Living in a dreamscape: How one couple forged a future on the Yukon River
John McPhee encountered Ulvi and Roberts two years after the couple’s arrival on the Yukon, when they were just getting the the hang of things.