Kirsten Dixon

Where do you go for rejuvenation? Perhaps to a beach somewhere with a good book to read or a stroll along winding backstreets of Paris? Next year, consider something cooler, literally. You might be able to join the 50 or so people that will, in the dead of winter, bicycle...

We're in Anchorage, and the latest forecast is calling for 18 inches of new snow. That's just great. I am trying to fly back to the wilderness lodge where I live, amongst others, with Nancy, one of the sled dogs from our 20-member dog lot team.

Nancy (named for...

You've probably heard recent news about the extreme weather in Alaska this past month. It's been snow, wind and more snow around here with weather dipping well into minus double digits. We've been shoveling non-stop just to keep the roofs from caving in and the snow from obscuring the doorways....

After an extended period of travel, I'm heading home to Winterlake Lodge, where I live in the backcountry of Alaska. Most of my family will be there when the skiplane circles the house and flies low over the frozen lake in preparation to land. A couple of snow machines will...

I live in the backcountry of Alaska, about 200 miles from the nearest road. This time of year, we are well into winter, and the entire landscape is blanketed in deep snow and solitude.

Life is wonderful in the wilds. Shopping for the holidays is severely limited.

So, this...

Inspiration for travel sometimes begins with a casual recommendation from a friend or an overheard conversation. It can be the smallest moments that lead us to our biggest journeys. Such was the beginnings of my trip to the Mercat de Sant Josep de la Boqueria in Barcelona, Spain.

I...

I am happiest when I am well fed, and I am always happy in Singapore.

To say that I will travel 20-plus hours straight -- four hours from Anchorage to Seattle, 10 hours from Seattle to Tokyo, and finally seven hours from Tokyo to Singapore -- to eat griddled...

A popular saying begins, "When the world wearies..." and some people fill this in with "there's always the garden" or others with "drink good wine." For me, it is "get a massage." I have been pummeled by blind nuns in Costa Rica, trammeled by a galloping male masseur hanging from...

Living in the Alaska backcountry, as I do, has its advantages, such as serenity, quietude and the ability to take in the landscape of vast unspoiled wilderness with just a glance out the front window. But it doesn't come without some cost. It's not so easy to run to the...

If I go out my front door and walk across the deck, slide down the steel ramp and climb onto the boat tied up to the end of the dock -- and then head south into the deep and beautiful seven-mile fjord called Tutka Bay -- I can go shopping...