Permafrost Archive: Alaska-Yukon Borderlands

0:00Karina Cook, a writer from Douglas, has released her new essay collection called, Permafrost, is an archive and other inheritances from the Alaska Yukon Borderlands. Published by West Virginia University Press, the 298-page book costs $22.99 and stems from her. Full-bright fellowship year in Canada's Yukon Territory. During her stay, Cook connected with faculty and archives at Yukon University in Whitehorse. She explored the stark northern landscape, drawing comparisons to her home coastal areas, and reflecting on environmental changes like melting. Permafrost. In one essay, she tours a lab filled with ice core samples, pondering scientific terms and ideas for artistic carvings on the frozen cylinders. Another piece dives into an 1869 map created for memory by a tiling at chief and his wives, detailing a 400-mile trade route. Along the Yukon River that took about a month to traverse, Cook helped organize a conference

1:01marking the map's 150th anniversary, highlighting themes of cooperation and history amid shifting. Ground. Her word blends personal insight with cultural theory to question the North's past and future. This thoughtful collection invites readers to imagine new ways of relating to the land and its layered stories. I'm Cory with the Story. That's your Anchorage News Today update. AI powered and always on.