March 30th
New Faces to Staff Alutiiq Museum Gallery
The Alutiiq Museum has hired Maggie Christofferson to staff its reception desk. Christofferson, who joined the museum’s team this week, will greet visitors, answer phones, work in the museum store, and provide administrative support to the museum’s staff of eleven. Originally from Teller, Alaska, Maggie is the daughter of John Earl and Thelma Komok. She […]
Beechcraft Damaged in King Salmon Emergency Landing
An aircraft with eight persons onboard made an emergency landing in King Salmon just before 1 pm on Thursday, AST reported in the trooper dispatch. At 12:51 King Salmon-based troopers were notified that an inbound aircraft was coming in for an emergency landing at the King Salmon Airport. According to the report, the Beechcraft landed hard […]
Overflow Ice as Northern Oasis
Overflow ice, also known as aufeis, is like a field of arctic daisies that comes back year after year. Aufeis that clogs northern valleys is born when frigid winter air meets cold water welling up to the ground’s surface. Aufeis dies when warm air finally melts it in July or August. Fields of aufeis (“off-ice”), […]