Respected Dena’ina elder Helen Dick from Lime Village, located near Lake Clark National Park and Preserve (Alaska), teaches the traditional Dena’ina process of making a birch bark basket. This video is recorded at Qeghnilen ‘current flows through (canyon)’.
National Park Service
Photos & Terms
Types of Boats
ADF&G (Alaska Department of Fish & Game) has a great little 2 page PDF about commercial fishing boats. You can download it here:
Anchorage International Airport
Among many other things, Anchorage Airport has a real floatplane suspended in it. Next to it is the frame for a traditional kayak.
Aurora
Aurora and the Big Dipper
Weir
Pronounced exactly like the contraction of ‘we are’ (we’re), the best definition is in Wikipedia here.
Rolling Chock
Rolling chocks are “fins” on the hull that provide additional stability in the waves.