JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Every year, a flood of cruise ship tourists arrive in Alaska’s capital to see wonders such as the rapidly shrinking Mendenhall Glacier. Now, long-simmering tensions over Juneau’s tourism boom are coming to a head because of a new ballot initiative aimed at giving residents a break from the influx. A measure… Read More »
Five hundred years ago, in a mountain-lined ocean fjord in southeastern Alaska, Tlingit hunters armed with bone-tipped harpoons navigated their canoes through drifts of ice in pursuit of seals near the Sít Tlein (Hubbard) glacier. They must have stared nervously at the looming, broken face of the glacier; They were aware that icefalls could come… Read More »
Teacher Robin Reeves documents her time in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, including two months of darkness, on TikTok Courtesy of Robin Reeves Robin Reeves poses at the Whalebone Arch in Utqiaġvik, Alaska” src=”https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/_6T5dp2Y5Mx.QSf39qayKQ–/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MQ–/https:/ /media.zenfs.com/en/people_218/6c9abc3ee136884316e6490e74fbc288″ class=”caas-img”/> Courtesy of Robin Reeves Robin Reeves poses at the Whalebone Arch in Utqiaġvik, Alaska “My first Alaskan experience was living on the… Read More »
Editor’s Note: Subscribe to CNNs Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. Early human settlements in what is now Alaska closely followed the movements of a female woolly mammoth that lived 14,000 years ago, according to a new study. During its lifetime, the animal ranged about… Read More »
Editor’s Note: Subscribe to CNNs Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. Early human settlements in what is now Alaska closely followed the movements of a female woolly mammoth that lived 14,000 years ago, according to a new study. During its lifetime, the animal ranged about… Read More »
Sea otters disappeared from Washington, Oregon and other parts of the United States until scientists relocated them to save them from nuclear weapons testing.Kevin Schafer/Getty Images In 1971, the United States launched its largest underground nuclear weapons test on a remote island of Alaska. Previously, scientists had managed to relocate hundreds of otters that may… Read More »
The year 2023 broke the record for the hottest summer in the Arctic, and people and ecosystems in the region felt the impact. The fires have forced evacuations across Canada. Greenland was so warm that a research station at the top of the ice sheet recorded melting in late June; this was only the fifth… Read More »