Diane Stopyra January 03, He told an operations manager at Denali National Parkโwhere rugged beauty stretches across six million acresโthat he would happily perform grunt work in exchange for a place to sleep and the occasional shower. On the one hand, picking up and moving to Alaska with no savings and no plan may have been a bitโฆ wild. On the other hand, Halloran is a Blue Hen. They are bold.
Pathologically curious. And they embody a sense of adventure thatโlike the alpine tundra of Glacier Bayโcannot be tamed. Today, nearly alumni are scattered across cities and tundra, fjords and forest, bound by a shared appreciation for their college yearsโthe period when, so many say, they became Alaska strong. Turns out, construction of the trans-Alaskan oil pipeline had triggered a Gold Rush-style stampede of migrant workers seeking their fortune.
So Frey decided to bide his timeโand hone his sense of adventureโat UD. He stepped outside his comfort zone in myriad ways: refereeing campus basketball games, participating in student government. But you can never take Delaware out of the Blue Hen. After graduation, the duo made separate treks to the final frontier. Frey spent the early part of his career working as a counselor at a facility for juvenile offenders, and he organized what was supposed to be a one-day hiking trip for four kids under his purview.
But several miles up the Granite Tors Trail, which climbs more than 3, feet, fog descended, and the group lost sight of their snowy path. Without any hope of getting back by dark, and with no tent or sleeping bags, they were forced to spend a rainy night amidst towering spires of molten rock. Problem solving is a factor of everyday life in Alaska. Just ask double dels Barry, AS80, and Elizabeth Neal, HS80, who report watching their grandson extra closely as he toddles around their backyard in the town of Eagle River, should yet another 1,pound moose come ambling through.
Navy who spent a portion of last winter so snowed in, he tunneled his dogs through the door of his Nikiski home and hired an excavator to remove foot banks from his driveway.
