FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — An Australian surfer who has a love affair with Alaska is trying to do something no Alaskan has ever done — ski across the length of the Brooks Range in the winter. John Cantor and Evan Howard, both from Australia, are attempting to ski a little more than 1,000 miles — or 1,700 kilometers in Australia speak — across the north side of the Brooks Range. They are traveling west to east, starting in Kotzebue on Jan. 7. Their destination is Kaktovik, a tiny, Inupiaq village on the north coast near the Canadian border. Cantor and Howard are towing sleds behind them with their food and gear. They expect the trip to take two months. They will pass through only two villages —...
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