In Russia, Alaska Tunnels You! Bering Strait Access Plan Pondered

A patchwork of state organizations and private companies are forwarding a $65 billion plan to dig a tunnel under the Bering Strait from Russia to Alaska. The project would serve dual purposes of transport way and pipeline from Siberia's oil...

11:36 AM on Wed Apr 25 2007, by Mike Spinelli, 1,128 views, 22 comments
http://jalopnik.com/255150/in-russia-alaska-tunnels-you-bering-strait-access-plan-pondered

Forget The British Car Jokes: Panama To Alaska In An Aston Martin!

Imagine driving an Aston Martin or a Lotus from Central America to the Arctic! Impossible, you say? Jalopnik reader Arkyman was in Dawson City, Yukon (the boomtown Jack London made famous more than a century ago) and spotted these heroic Panama To...

4:40 PM on Mon Jul 14 2008, by Murilee Martin, 2,155 views, 26 comments
http://jalopnik.com/398443/forget-the-british-car-jokes-panama-to-alaska-in-an-aston-martin

Most Expensive Places to Insure a Car

It's no shocker that New Jersey and New York (state motto: add two zeros, please) have the highest insurance rates in the country. But how about those poor bastards in Alaska — nearly a thousand bucks a year? I suppose slamming a moose on...

2:32 PM on Fri Sep 24 2004, by Mike Spinelli, 93 views
http://jalopnik.com/119281/most-expensive-places-to-insure-a-car

Toyota Pickup Found in Alaska River, Runs!

When Top Gear spent something like three shows bashing, drowning and torching a Toyota pickup (then threw it off a building), we weren't surprised when, after the abuse ended, it still ran. We've got a '93 ToyPup in the Jalopnik fleet, parked in...

9:57 AM on Fri Nov 11 2005, by Mike Spinelli, 1,327 views, 1 comment
http://jalopnik.com/136733/toyota-pickup-found-in-alaska-river-runs

Land Rover Defender Crosses Bering Strait From Russia To Alaska

As part of an amazing trip from the UK to Alaska, a British farmer crossed the 56-mile-wide Bering Strait in his Land Rover. The 2007 Defender 110 was the latest vehicle in a development process that began back in 2004. Two giant flotation devices...

3:40 PM on Mon Aug 25 2008, by Mark Arnold, 5,402 views, 21 comments
http://jalopnik.com/5041536/land-rover-defender-crosses-bering-strait-from-russia-to-alaska

American City With Most Taxis Per Capita?

Yep, it's Bethel, Alaska! With 70 taxis serving a population of 5,900, Bethel's 1:84 cab/resident ratio blows away New York City's miserable 1:149 figure. The reason? Bethel is inaccessible by road, so all vehicles must be flown or barged in; add...

4:30 PM on Wed Jul 18 2007, by Murilee Martin, 1,027 views, 5 comments
http://jalopnik.com/279904/american-city-with-most-taxis-per-capita

Dog's Daughter Killed in Car Wreck

How's this for tragic irony? Massively-mulleted Duane "Dog" Chapman, bounty hunter and reality-TV star, lost his 23-year-old daughter, Barbara Katy Chapman, the day before his wedding. Tragic to the nth degree, non? The irony comes into play here:...

3:30 PM on Mon May 22 2006, by Davey G. Johnson, 2,376 views, 1 comment
http://jalopnik.com/175455/dogs-daughter-killed-in-car-wreck

Fisherhooners: Alaskan Dipnet Fishermen Disregard Traffic Laws

Authorities south of Anchorage are planting temporary advisory flags to remind motorists that 45 mph might be a safe speed considering that dipnet fishermen are running back and forth across roads trying to enlarge their catch quotient, often with...

9:00 PM on Wed May 24 2006, by Davey G. Johnson, 99 views, 3 comments
http://jalopnik.com/176149/fisherhooners-alaskan-dipnet-fishermen-disregard-traffic-laws

Snowblind!: Chrysler's Aspen SUV in Video

We caught Chrysler's unveiling of its Aspen SUV, punctuated by a violent storm of snow-like paper products, which caused a spectacle rivaling Nome Alaska's Coke Mule Explosion of 1976. Click through for the vid.

10:48 AM on Tue Jan 10 2006, by Mike Spinelli, 742 views, 4 comments
http://jalopnik.com/147667/snowblind-chryslers-aspen-suv-in-video