• 06
  • Jan, 2012
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SCUBA Diving the Last Frontier
POSTED BY Bixler McClure & Krystin Bablinskas IN Announcement, Featured Posts, Photographs, Recreation, Video
sea lion

With its 44,000 miles of unexplored coastline, Alaska is truly the last frontier of diving. However, few are willing to take the cold, dark jump into uncertainty.

  • 02
  • Jan, 2012
  • 2
Living in Excess: Alaska & NYC Comparison #3
POSTED BY Tucker Burton IN Featured Posts, Opinion, Tucker Burton
Fishing boats in the harbor

Tucker Burton continues her series on the similarities of New York City and Alaska by diving into the controversial themes of money, alcohol and drugs… “to thwart future behavior is knowledge and awareness of the situation.”

  • 31
  • Dec, 2011
  • 3
My Biggest Test
POSTED BY Sierra Anderson IN Featured Posts, Sierra Anderson, Sitka Herring
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My biggest test in the skiff has come. It’s Sitka herring season. After our second opener, I have never been so challenged as a skiff woman as I was then. Maneuvering through such chaos was crazy to say the least.

  • 30
  • Dec, 2011
  • 1
Whale Watching in Sitka: VIDEO
POSTED BY therealalaska IN Brett Veerhusen, Featured Posts, Recreation, Sierra Anderson, Sitka Herring, Video
Whale Tale

Watch this beautiful, short video when Brett and Sierra take a break from herring fishing and witness the amazing whale feeding frenzy.

  • 29
  • Dec, 2011
  • 1
This. is. Herring Fishing.
POSTED BY Sierra Anderson IN Featured Posts, Occupation, Sierra Anderson, Sitka Herring
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The nature of competition can be intense. This is the herring fishing season and what is soon to be unveiled in the new TLC fishing series, “Hook Line & Sisters”. Let me give you some context into the world of herring fishing and my experience leading up to what you will see on the premier tonight.

  • 29
  • Dec, 2011
  • 0
TRA Apparel Line Launch
POSTED BY therealalaska IN Announcement, Featured Posts, Hook Line Sisters
TRA Hoodie

The Real Alaska team is ecstatic to launch our own line of apparel – allowing people to proudly promote their unique connection to Alaska with hoodies and various t-shirts.

  • 15
  • Dec, 2011
  • 2
Lights, Camera, Sitka!
POSTED BY Sierra Anderson IN Featured Posts, Hook Line Sisters, Sierra Anderson, Sitka Herring
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With Hook, Line & Sisters airing two weeks from today on TLC, we thought we would share Sierra’s post again from this Spring when she wrote about what was happening before the Sitka season.

  • 13
  • Dec, 2011
  • 0
What the Fraser River Actually Teaches Us
POSTED BY Brett Veerhusen IN Brett Veerhusen, Bristol Bay, Featured Posts, Opinion, Pebble Mine, Salmon, Video
Photo Courtesy of Bob Waldrop

Pebble Partnership video advertisement counterpoint: Does the historical performance of the Fraser River compare to the Kvichak and Nushagak Rivers where the Pebble mine is proposed? Can “hundreds of miners and several large open-pit mines” live next to a world-class fishery?

  • 05
  • Dec, 2011
  • 12
Television Premier of Hook, Line & Sisters
POSTED BY Sierra Anderson IN Chignik, Featured Posts, Hook Line Sisters, Salmon, Sierra Anderson, Sitka Herring
Sierra and king salmon

HOOK, LINE, & SISTERS will premier on TLC December 29th at 9PM (ET/PT). I am excited to post behind the scenes videos and photos on The Real Alaska!

  • 22
  • Nov, 2011
  • 2
Amazing Turnout at Young Fishermen’s Dinner/Bar Crawl
POSTED BY Brett Veerhusen IN Brett Veerhusen, Featured Posts, Occupation
Bar crawl, everyone

Over 20 fishermen joined the Young Fishermen’s Dinner/Bar Crawl and created a huge success. It gave a chance for the younger generation to connect and meet each other. We’re already looking forward to Fish Expo 2012 so we can do it again!