AWI researchers have, for the first time, been able to measure how much carbon from thawing soils remains in the ocean and how much is released into the atmosphere. Their findings revealed that microorganisms are picky gourmets. Permafrost in the Arctic stores large quantities of organic carbon. When the frozen ground thaws or coastal sections […]
On August 7th, 1938, a Pan American Airways, twin-engine “baby clipper” departed the Sand Point Naval Air Station, five miles northeast of Seattle, and headed north for Ketchikan and Juneau in an air service experiment to Alaska. The aircraft flew an outside route over water in what was to be a seven-hour flight to Ketchikan but was delayed […]
On July 30, at approximately 5:52 p.m., the Alaska State Troopers responded to the Russian River after an Alaska Wildlife Trooper reported that a vehicle had collided with his parked patrol vehicle. At the time of the crash, the wildlife trooper was away from his vehicle and on foot making contact with fishermen in the […]
On the morning of July 31, at approximately 8:10 a.m., the Alaska State Troopers were notified after an adult man was discovered deceased near the boat ramp off Scout Lake Loop in the Kenai River at Sterling. Troopers responded to the scene and identified the man as 71-year-old John Tripple of Georgia. According to the […]