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The final award is the Red Lantern, given to the last official finisher of the year's race. [124] Two awards have been discontinued: the Kiwanis Award, given to the first musher to cross the Alaska–Yukon border, and the Mayor's Award, given to the Yukon Quest champion by the Mayor of Fairbanks. [124]
Tiger Death March memorial at Andersonville National Historic Site. During the Korean War, in the winter of 1951, 200,000 South Korean National Defense Corps soldiers were forcibly marched by their commanders, and 50,000 to 90,000 soldiers starved to death or died of disease during the march or in the training camps. [48]
Fairbanks, Alaska 2011 S – – Rob Weathers Salcha, Alaska 1986 S – – 1987 S – – Martin Weiner Denali Park, Alaska 1986 13 14:18:46 $700 Jason Weitzel Two Rivers, Alaska 2012 S – – Abbie West Fairbanks, Alaska 2000 S – – 2010 9 10:09:45 $6,480 2012 8 10:13:40 $7,290 2013 8 10:07:54 $4,860 Alden West Fairbanks, Alaska 2003 S ...
In April 1992, McCandless hitchhiked from South Dakota to Fairbanks, Alaska. After his death, witnesses stated they had seen McCandless in Alaska first at Dot Lake, with several other sightings in Fairbanks. McCandless was stated to be traveling with a "big backpack" and would give a false name if asked his identity.
The University of Georgia beat UNC-Chapel Hill’s 1974 streaking record of 924 by gathering more than 1,000 naked students, including this unidentified paraglider.
The Chena Pump House, also known just as the Pump House Restaurant, is a restaurant at 796 Chena Pump Road in Fairbanks, Alaska. The restaurant is located in the shell of a 1933 pumping station established by the Fairbanks Exploration Company , Alaska's largest gold mining operator at the time.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A Douglas DC-4 airplane crashed into the Tanana River near Fairbanks on Tuesday, Alaska State Troopers said. It was not immediately known how many people were on board. The website www.airlines.net said standard passenger seating for a DC-4 was 44 during its heyday, but most have been converted to freighters.
However, on July 22, 2002, the presumed 100th anniversary of Pedro's gold discovery (noted in Alaska as "Felix Pedro Day"), [11] the Alaskaland park was officially renamed Pioneer Park. [6] Pioneer Park's annual Golden Days festival at Pioneer Park includes a Felix Pedro look-alike contest. [12] Also on this date, Fairbanks and Fanano became ...