Since 1912, L.L.Bine has been helping people get outside together, with your tips and advice

for exploring all the possibilities of the outdoors all year long.

L. L. Bean's founder once said,

if your feet are happy, you're happy.

So here's a tip for your winter footwear.

Your feet can still sweat even when it's cold so swap your cotton socks for a

marino wool blend cotton holds moisture and takes a long time to dry but wool

traps heat and wicks away moisture, keeping your toes cozy.

For more tips, easy howtus, and inspiring stories, visit L.L.Bine.com. Mining has played an important role in Alaska's national parks, but has left scars and contamination behind that the Park Service is working to clean up.

Mining brought awareness to the vast beauty of the state and contributed iconic structures such as the Kennecott

Mill and Rangel St. Elias National Park and Preserve.

The Gold Rush of 1897 and 1898 is commemorated in Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park.

It brought hundreds of people north into the wilds of Alaska and Canada as opportunities diminished in Dawson City, Yukon,

these pioneers chased gold in Nome and spread out into the interior of Alaska,

looking for riches and adventure.

I'm Jason Epperson, and today on America's national parks,

Eldorado, Treasure, Traged, and Triumph

and the Cantishna Hills, the story of gold mining in the creeks of

Denali, and the effects that continue today.

The bulk of today's episode comes from the free award-winning Alaska Park Science,

a periodic journal published by the National Park Service Alaska Regional Office. The journal reports information from ongoing and recently

completed research in and around Alaska's National Park Lands. Find a link to it in the

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