Glacier View Lodge, Glacier View: One Frame, and How It Is Made
A lodge in the Matanuska valley with a glacier in view — and the one frame that exists nowhere else in this guide.
Alaska Botanical Garden, Anchorage: A Walk Through the Site
A botanical garden in the boreal forest at Anchorage — a very short season, and a latitude that changes what light does.
Alyeska Resort, Girdwood: The Light Through the Day
A mountain resort in coastal Alaskan rainforest — where the sun never gets high, the cloud often sits below the summit, and rain is the default.
The Alaskan Garden, Palmer: Field Notes, Problem and Solution
A garden in the Matanuska Valley, where twenty hours of summer daylight grow plants to a size that surprises people.
The Chena Hot Springs Resort, Fairbanks: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A geothermal resort at sixty-five degrees north, where the season is not a preference but the entire plan.
The Aurora Ice Museum, Fairbanks: One Frame, and How It Is Made
A building made of ice, kept below freezing all year and lit from inside the walls.
The Northern Lights Estate, Fairbanks: The Light Through the Day
Sixty-five degrees north, where June has no night and December has a sun that barely clears the horizon.