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Curious Alaska: What do you want to know about the place where we live?

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People enjoy the sand dune at Kincaid Park on a summer day. The active dune is composed of gravel and silt that was deposited when glaciers retreated over 10,000 years ago. (Loren Holmes / ADN)

We are reviving Curious Alaska, a popular feature launched by the Anchorage Daily News in 2021.

The idea is simple: You have questions. Our reporters find answers. We share them with readers.

Maybe you’re curious about a landmark (like the Parks Highway Igloo, pictured below), or a tradition, a news event or a public figure from the past. Maybe you have a practical question about everyday life in Alaska.

Igloo City, located on the Parks Highway at the northern edge of the Mat-Su Borough, for years was an unfinished project of Leon Smith, who envisioned it to be a hotel and resort. Photographed in 2021. (Marc Lester / ADN archive)

On our initial run, we tackled more than 30 topics that readers inquired about.

Some examples of reader questions we’ve looked into so far include why we don’t have a Trader Joe’s here, whether there are snakes in Alaska, why sand dunes exist in Kincaid Park and the story behind cattle herds on remote islands in the state.

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No topic is too offbeat for you to pitch. We’ll choose a question at a time and try our best to answer it. Send in yours using the form below. (Having trouble seeing the form? Try here.)





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