ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Alaska woman had the scare of a lifetime earlier this month when a bear attacked her from below when she went to use an outhouse during a weekend trip to the backcountry.

Earlier this year, Lale reported a feature for Condé Nast Traveler on the Iditarod, the annual sled dog race that crosses 1,000 miles of Alaskan wilderness. She catches up with podcast regular, writer ...