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Tag Archives: Ten Thousand Miles with a Dogsled
Hudson Stuck’s Sled Bag
The Episcopalian minister Hudson Stuck, known as the Archdeacon of the Yukon, published five books about his travels and adventures in Alaska, including Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled, published in 1914.
In that book a photograph appears, and a sled bag can be seen hanging from the handlebars. That sled bag is on permanent display at the University of Alaska Museum of the North in Fairbanks. Continue reading
The Ascent of Denali
Hudson Stuck (1865–1920), known as the Archdeacon of the Yukon and the Arctic, was an Episcopal priest, social reformer, and mountain climber in the territory of Alaska who co-led the first expedition to successfully climb Denali (Mount McKinley) in June, 1913. He wrote a book based on the climb, The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley): A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America, which was published in February, 1914 by Charles Scribers Sons, New York. Continue reading
Posted in Alaska History, Book Reviews, Books, Explorers, Kindle eBooks, News & Information, Sled Dog History
Tagged Alaska and the Klondike, Denali, Esaias George, Frances Welles, Harry Karstens, Hudson Stuck, Johnny Fredson, Kantishna, Mount McKinley, Mt. McKinley, Nenana, Peter Trimble Rowe, Robert Tatum, SS Princess Sophia, Ten Thousand Miles with a Dogsled, The Ascent of Denali, Voyages on the Yukon, Walter Harper
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Alaska & The Klondike
Complete chapters from books such as Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled, The Land of Tomorrow, and Along Alaska’s Great River offer first-hand accounts of the authors’ adventures in charting an unknown country, exploring a wondrous land, searching for gold, delivering freight and mail, and administering medical and religious services by dog team, at a time when the land was young. Continue reading
Posted in Alaska History, Book Reviews, Books, Gold Rush History, Kindle eBooks, Sled Dog History
Tagged Arthur Treadwell Walden, Denali, Ernest Ingersoll, Frederick Schwatka, Hudson Stuck, Josiah Spurr, Klondike, May Kellogg Sullivan, Robert Service, Ten Thousand Miles with a Dogsled, The Spell of the Yukon, Yukon River
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The Huskies and the Reindeer
From 2009 through 2013 the twice-weekly Team & Trail column, written by Northern Light Media’s Helen Hegener, ran in the online newsmagazine Alaska Dispatch, and featured news of interest to the mushing community, including sled dog race reports, news, photos, articles, … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska History
Tagged A Dog-Puncher on the Yukon, Along Alaskan Trails, Archdeacon of the Yukon, Archdeacon Stuck, Arthur Treadwell Walden, Dr. Wilfred Grenfell, Helen Hegener, Hudson Stuck, huskies, Northern Light Media, reindeer, Scotty Allen, Sheldon Jackson, Ten Thousand Miles with a Dogsled, The Cruelest Miles
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