Welcome North! Opened by Murray Lundberg in March 1999, ExploreNorth is the world's largest website that focusses on travel in, and the history of, Alaska, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and northern British Columbia. The site currently (March 2026) consists of over 32,400 files (approximately 5,400 pages) taking up 8.1 GB of space. As well, the companion ExploreNorth Blog which we started on April 25, 2006, has over 1,700 posts with over 29,000 photos.
ExploreNorth was a major upgrade to a website opened in February 1997 to promote Murray's first book, Fractured Veins & Broken Dreams, but with articles about Yukon and Alaska history being added as there was almost nothing online then, the title of the website soon became "Yukon & Alaska History."
The thousands of pages of information rely heavily on photography, both historic and current, to share our passion for this region. The site is constantly being worked on, with pages being added and/or edited.
This Week's Features:
Another hike to the historic Venus silver mine Being able to reach the mine is always extremely gratifying, and I was about 65 years old when I recognized it as something to celebrate - yesterday, at 75, that's exactly what I did. It has taken me 50 photos to tell you the whole story of this particularly fine day.
The Yukon flag The design of the Yukon's flag was made official by an Ordinance approved by the Territorial Council on December 1, 1967, which came into effect on March 1, 1968. It was first flown on April 17, 1968, at the Yukon Regional Library in Whitehorse.
