So what’s the big deal about successfully growing Arctic cod in a laboratory? It represents another step forward toward understanding how these “bellwether” fish in the Arctic marine ecosystem may fare with a warming ocean and climate change. It also opens up a new frontier to study cod development in a laboratory setting. Up until […]
On a recent ski trip across the Seward Peninsula, I followed a trail along the Pilgrim River broken by five friends. Their path led to a subarctic oasis. Beyond the blank white of frozen river was a small settlement nestled in balsam poplar trees 60 feet high. The cleared fields, old farm equipment, scattered pine […]
Anchorage police are seeking information from the public as to the whereabouts of 40-year-old Alvin Rodriguez-Moya, who they are calling a “person of interest” in a homicide that took place in East Anchorage on Sunday morning. Police responded to the 3000 block of Penland Parkway at just after 3:30 am on Sunday. When they arrived, […]
Alaska State Troopers, as well as EMS responded to provide medical assistance to a 56-year-old male who had struck his head falling from the bed of his pickup on Friday afternoon. He had been parked at the gas pump at the Meier’s Lake Lodge at mile 170 of the Parks Highway at the time of the […]