The skies open up, and a tidal wave of green crosses the sky. The air is frigid and clear, and so too is the Klondike Highway. The auroras last for hours, the boreal forest glowing neon in the dark.

In this rugged wedge of northwestern Canada, winter means shimmering northern lights as well as hot soaks, dog sleds and hair-freezing contests. The Eclipse Nordic Hot Springs in Whitehorse, Yukon, ...

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A section of the upper Yukon River flowing through the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve is seen on Sept. 10, 2012. (Photo provided by National Park Service) A cyanide spill at a major gold mine ...

A major landslide this week has prompted the closure of the South Klondike Highway, blocking one of several routes used by travelers in and out of Alaska and stranding some visitors. The “massive ...

This reporting was supported by a Carnegie Foundation Fellowship. Writers Olivia Ebertz and Bathsheba Demuth boated more than 1,000 miles up and down the Yukon River last summer, hearing the stories ...

Yukon river residents are not able to make dry fish from chum and chinook for the year in a row. (Shane Iverson/KYUK) The Yukon River covers a lot of ground on its nearly 2,000 mile journey to the sea ...

Last year, Alaska and Canada set a new goal for the number of king salmon returning up the Yukon River and into Canada’s Yukon Territory. Now, fish counters show 2025 returns have again failed to meet ...