This Day in Alaska History-February 1st, 1918
This Day in Alaska History-January 31st, 1956
Coast Guard Considering Up To 4 More Icebreakers for Alaska, Commandant Tells Sullivan
Lunday: “One of the first [options] that I want [my team] to present…is for homeporting up to four icebreakers in Alaska.” WASHINGTON— Thursday, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), chair of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries, convened a hearing examining the Coast Guard’s presence in the Arctic, where he received confirmation […]
Three missions, four rockets: Poker Flat ready for launches
The 2026 Poker Flat Research Range launch season opened this week with the first of three missions studying the aurora and the upper atmosphere. The first mission, PolarNOx, hadits initial launch opportunity at 4:20 a.m. Friday morning. Crews arrived late Thursday at Poker Flat, which is owned by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute. […]