Tag Archives: Archdeacon of the Yukon

Hudson Stuck’s Sled Bag

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Helen Hegener

The Episcopalian minister Hudson Stuck, known as the Archdeacon of the Yukon, published five books about his travels and adventures in Alaska, including Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled, published in 1914.

In that book a photograph appears, and a sled bag can be seen hanging from the handlebars. That sled bag is on permanent display at the University of Alaska Museum of the North in Fairbanks. Continue reading →

Posted in Alaska History, Books, missionaries, photographs, Sled Dog History | Tagged Archdeacon of the Yukon, Athabascan, Gwich'in, Hudson Stuck, Project Gutenberg, sled bag, sled dogs, sledbag, Ten Thousand Miles with a Dogsled | Leave a comment

The Huskies and the Reindeer

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Helen Hegener

From 2009 through 2013 the twice-weekly Team & Trail column, written by Northern Light Media’s Helen Hegener, ran in the online newsmagazine Alaska Dispatch, and featured news of interest to the mushing community, including sled dog race reports, news, photos, articles, … Continue reading →