From the archives (Audubon Magazine; Jan. 2016): To make an expedition by icebreaker in the modern American Arctic, you fly to the gold-rush city of Nome, Alaska, our country’s former future Arctic port, in a commercial jet that is half taken up by cargo, half by passengers. In the gravel airport parking lot at 64.5 degrees north, you hail a cab—an old 4×4 van—for the $8 ride to town. Then you wait. If the weather is clear, you can see the
Breaking the Ice
Breaking the Ice
Breaking the Ice
From the archives (Audubon Magazine; Jan. 2016): To make an expedition by icebreaker in the modern American Arctic, you fly to the gold-rush city of Nome, Alaska, our country’s former future Arctic port, in a commercial jet that is half taken up by cargo, half by passengers. In the gravel airport parking lot at 64.5 degrees north, you hail a cab—an old 4×4 van—for the $8 ride to town. Then you wait. If the weather is clear, you can see the