Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Angus King (I-ME) today announced they are forming the United States Senate Arctic Caucus in order to open up a broader conversation about the nation’s future in the region as the United States prepares to accede to the Chair of the Arctic Council. “The United States is an Arctic Nation […]
On a February day long ago, a family living in a sod hut near the Arctic Ocean saw blocks of sea ice bulldozing their way onto shore. Winds shoved more ice until the mass towered above them and started dripping water through a ventilation hole. The father urged his family outside just before a slab […]
Satellite data has confirmed that the amount of freshwater released into the Gulf of Alaska from streams and rivers in Alaska and northern Canada is about 1.5 times what the Mississippi River dumps into the Gulf of Mexico each year. That astounding flow of water is from rainfalls that soak Southeast Alaska and the south […]
The body of George Attla, “the Huslia Husler,” made a stop-over in Fairbanks on his way home to Huslia for burial. A service was held at the Chief David Salmon Tribal Hall where hundreds of mourners converged to pay their last respects on Tuesday. The Alaska legend was accompanied to Fairbanks by his friend Victor […]