This is my first time in Alaska. I have a lot to learn.

I can see the headlines in the Anchorage paper: Idiots from Los Angeles Freeze to Death Near Pipeline.

YAMAHA OF THE YUKON BY BERNARD HAFELI 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 21

The bear looms above me. Cold black eyes glisten menacingly on each side of a thrusting, malevolent snout. The mouth is open, baring a phalanx of jagged, king-size, impossibly white tee…