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The Road Less Traveled: Nabesna Road and Skookum Volcano, Wrangell-St Elias National Park

Posted on January 28, 2017, 12:00 pm, by QT Luong, under Locations.
Besides the incredibly raw ghost mining town, the Nabesna road in Wrangell-St Elias also provides access to the more expected experience of a national park: a beautiful scenic drive that leads to several trailheads for great hikes, with a campground and lodges available. But unlike on other park roads, you won’t have to share with […]
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Stumbling into Alaska’s mining past in Nabesna, Wrangell-St Elias National Park

Posted on January 21, 2017, 4:04 am, by QT Luong, under Locations.
For something a bit different within our national parks, I visited the incredibly raw and well-preserved mining ghost town of Nabesna, a rare and off-limits find in the quiet northern corner of Wrangell-St Elias Of the two roads that lead into Wrangell-St Elias National Park, Nabesna Road, which opens up the northern reaches of the […]
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Best Photobooks 2016: the Meta-List

Posted on January 11, 2017, 12:33 pm, by QT Luong, under Books.
Here is this year’s meta-list of best photobooks. It started with the Aperture Photobook Awards 2016 shortlist, and continued with Olga’s compilation of lists at phot(O)lia, which I encourage you to visit to follow the links to those lists. The methodology is the same as for my meta-lists of previous years (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015), […]
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Treasured Lands acclaimed by The New York Times and High Country News

Posted on January 4, 2017, 12:50 am, by QT Luong, under Announcements.
I am honored that last December, Treasured Lands received superlative reviews from two diverse print publications, both of them ranking the book at the top of the National Park Service Centennial publications. The New York Times Book Review The New York Times has published a Sunday book review section since 1896, maybe the most influential […]
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