Bowhead whale hunter / Roy Ahmaogak -- Empty barrel waiting to be filled / Katie Arriola -- Russian mission priest #9 / Rev. Peter Askoar -- Huslia hustler, still hustling to win / George Attla -- Beating the drums for Anchorage / Bob Atwood -- Rowboat trapper / Fred Bahovec -- Wanted man / Buster Benson -- Falling for gags / Porky Bickar -- From Cheechako to Old Salt / Al Brookman, Sr. -- Ten men for every woman! / Sharon Butcher -- Leaders / Charlie Champaine and Roxy Wright Champaine -- Anvik mission / Henry Chapman -- Pilot, Tanana and Yukon Rivers / Jeff "Coggie" Coghill -- Eagle Island Iditarod checkpoint / Helmi Conatser -- Aleut-Norwegian making things happen / Fred Elvsaas -- "I wanted an education" / Vernon Evan -- Glacier pilot / Doug Geeting -- Yup'ik reunion / Timothy "Awilinga" Gologergen -- Mayor of 14,000 ft. / Peter Hackett, M.D. -- Wide open spaces / Mary Lenzi Hansen -- Boatwrights having fun / Olaf Hansen and Jim Rhodes -- From the narrow path to the wide road / Willie Hensley -- Building on the fault zone / Wally Hickel -- Divvying up Alaska / David and Mark Hickok -- North winds of romance / Gayla Hites -- On the patron saint of Alaskan tourism / Steven Hites -- Alaska birding pioneer / Pete Isleib -- Tlingit family / Austin Hammond, Charlie and T.J. Jimmie -- Patient man / Bruce Johnstone -- Dogsled patrol, Denali National Park / Sandy Kogl -- Juneau's Indian village / Cecilia "Kin-Too" Kunz -- Adopted by the ravens / Leo Land -- Hanging iron on the Dalton / Jack McCahan -- When Santa comes into the country / Con Miller -- Arctic classroom / Debbie S. Miller -- Smiles on their faces / Rie Munoz -- Inupiaq Judge / Sadie Brower Neakok -- My first white man / Walter Northway -- In hot water / Dorie O'Toole -- Jack-of-all-trades / Arndt "Lonesome Pete" Pederson -- Tisha reveals her secret blueberry patch / Anne Hobbs Purdy -- Keeping the state capitol in Juneau / Senator Bill Ray -- Trailblazers / Vi and Joe Redington, Sr. -- Earthquake! / Monty Richardson -- "When kids go to high school, they're lucky" / Josephine Roberts -- Smile for strangers / Ollie "Pigooruk" St. Germaine -- Denali solo / Norma Jean Saunders -- Accepted in Fairbanks / Gretchen Schmidt -- Choosing a different life / Mary Shields -- Village cop / Willia Smalley, Jr. -- Something fishy! / Larry Smith -- True gold / Molly Smith -- Sticking it to 'em / Bill Spear -- Helping hand / Connie Taylor -- Breaking the cycle / Drenda Tigner -- Cheechako and the sourdough / Jack and Edie Trambitas -- Derailed by love / J.D. True -- Dancing through the night / Tishu Ulen -- Independent streak / Joe Vogler -- Apprentice and master carver / Lee Wallace -- Metlakatla hostage / Marleita Davis Wallace -- Oil spill wildlife rescue / Kelley Weaverling -- Daisy the lifesaver / Orville Wheat -- Glolssary -- Index.