We Live in Alaska Author:Constance Helmericks The first story of a newlywed couple materializing that widespread urge to come to Alaska to live. The came in the months preceding "Pearl Harbor," when our defense program for the Territory was in full swing. — ...But their real story is of a memorable canoe trip from Fairbanks to Bethel. The air distance is 500 miles, but as they travelled, al... more »ong the winding Chena Slough, Tanana, Yukon, and Kuskokwim Rivers, it must have been well over twice that distance. They are probably the first to have made this trip by canoe; leaving later in the summer than they anticipated, they barely escaped the freeze up on the Kuskokwim, concluding their arduous journey amid ice cakes...« less