Alaska is never short of outdoor adventures, but only some go beyond good exercise and beautiful scenery and turn into trips focused on local history, culture and bonding.
At the end of last month, two Kotzebue friends, Frank Lane and Kris Rose, rode their fat tire bikes almost 80 miles from Kivalina to Kotzebue, enjoying the summer Northwest Alaska coast full of colors and wildlife and exchanging knowledge they have. Rose shared with Lane his experience of planning outdoor adventures, and Lane told Rose stories about his home and the history of the area
"I would tell him when we were at Battle Rock: 'This is where my people from Point Hope battled with the Noatak people.'" Lane said. "The history behind the whole coast — you know, the people that lived there."
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