With approximately 4,500 residents, the Barrow area has probably the harshest weather in Alaska. It is one of the world’s largest Inupiat Eskimo settlement where traditional culture and modern life are blended.  While many modern conveniences are available, the subsistence life style is still very much in evidence, and fishing, hunting, and whaling are a [...]

In this tiny land of mountain sports and quaint vistas lies a complex history of war, art and royalty, which includes the infamous Habsburg Empire and California’s newest monarch, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. At the hub of it all is Vienna, a city built on pillars of architectures, artwork and music. In a country famed on [...]