Dog sleds and cold beds.(Airman's Notebook)(Alaska)(Column)

Publication: Airman

Publication Date: 01-SEP-04

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When the editor was looking for a volunteer to shoot a feature story in Alaska, my hand shot up quicker than an ejection seat busting an F-16 canopy,

For one, I'd never set foot in the "Last Frontier" and have heard nothing but glowing accolades front fellow Airmen who'd been stationed there. Secondly, one of the stories involved shadowing a group of arctic survival students for a week. Having completed the Air Force's combat survival course at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., in 1998, I felt like it was familiar turf.

Fortunately, our journey started...

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