From their log cabin overlooking Scoter Lake at Nelchina, to Glennallen, Anchorage, Wasilla, Copper Center, Tok, Palmer, Fairbanks, Denali, Matanuska, Susitna, Valdez, Cordova and other arctic communities, Norman Wilkins recorded daily journal entries throughout the 25+ years he and his wife Sylvia spent carving out a life on the Alaskan tundra.
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10,000 Days In Alaska
Posted: February 2, 2011 in Journal EntryTags: Alaska, Cordova, Glennallen, log cabin, Nelchina, Norman Wilkins, Scoter Lake, Sylvia Wilkins, tundra, Valdez, video
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Dangerous Detour – The Adventure Begins
Posted: May 14, 2010 in Journal EntryTags: 1979, Cassiar Highway, Cummins 250 engine, Edmonton, Freightliner, Motley Minnesota, Prince George Canada
It was 1979, and after 8 months of work and planning, loaded down with 73,000 pounds of gear and equipment, my wife Sylvia and I left Motley, Minnesota for Alaska. We were on our way to work a gold mining claim for someone we knew there. Not far into Canada, we had problems with the [...]
Excerpt From A Letter – Nelchina, Alaska
Posted: March 21, 2010 in Journal Entry, LetterTags: Alaska, bear hunt, caribou, Nelchina, Norman Wilkins
…More has happened since I started the letter, this will fill you in to date. About a week after the bear hunt, I took the Suzuki to the Ballanger pass trail head for a sight-seeing get-in-the-mountains trip. Within two miles on the trail, I was seeing lots of caribou. Some of the mountain slopes had [...]
