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:
The Whitehorse Copper Belt from today back into history This 4-hour tour began with an in-depth look of one of Gladiator Metals' exploratory drill rigs that's currently operating, then continued on to the 1960s-'70s Whitehorse Copper properties, and then we hiked into the bush for a look at some of the earliest copper mines.
Wolves of Canada On August 13, 2026, International Wolf Day, Canada issued a series of four postage stamps which highlight the ecological importance of wolves in Canada.
