I Nearly Froze to Death When Our Argo Sank in the Middle of an Arctic River
While hunting for big game in Alaska, the author and his friend found themselves in the middle of an icy Arctic river.
ucdavis.edu14h
In Greening Arctic, Caribou and Muskoxen Play Key Role
A group of muskoxen gather on the Arctic tundra near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (Jeff Kerby) The story of Arctic greening has ...
Alaska Beacon15h
Strong sockeye salmon return expected next year in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region, biologists say
The Bristol Bay sockeye run is expected to total 51.21 million fish in 2025, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and ...
Foreign Policy17h
The New U.S. Arctic Strategy Is Wrong to Focus on China
By Jo Inge Bekkevold, a senior China fellow at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, and Paal Sigurd Hilde, a ...
KTOO1d
Alaska-owned corporation approves $750,000 for legal fights over Ambler Road and ANWR
(Photo by Nathaniel Herz) Alaska’s state-owned development corporation is advancing plans to explore for oil in the Arctic ...
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Scientists discover volcano-like structure in Arctic Ocean off Alaska
The discovery came as scientists from different organizations were aboard the Healy, one of two polar-class Coast Guard ...
Arctic lake sediment records reveal unexpected storm patterns
Willem van der Bilt from the Department of Earth Science at the University in Bergen and the Bjerknes Center has, together ...
Frontiers7d
Light attenuation parameterization in a highly turbid mega estuary and its impact on the coastal planktonic ecosystem
To fill such a research gap, this study explores the relationships between water mass characteristics and light attenuation variations by analyzing in situ data across three seasons in the Changjiang ...
The ability to cast a ballot isn't always guaranteed in Alaska's far-flung Native villages
The polling place in the tiny Arctic village of Kaktovik never opened when Alaska had its primary election this summer ...
Live Science15d
Earth from space: Massive blue 'melt pond' in Arctic glacier is an eerie sign of things to come
Similar melt ponds are becoming more common across the Arctic due to climate change and are further accelerating the rate at which the region is losing its ice. The striking melt pond, which is ...
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State-owned Alaska corporation approves up to $20 million for potential Arctic refuge oil bid
The board of the state-owned Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority voted unanimously Wednesday to spend up to $20 million to prepare and possibly submit bids in an upcoming oil lease sale ...