Welcome news was released by oil companies Repsol and Armstrong Oil and Gas, announcing their discovery of significant onshore oil on Alaska’s North Slope today on the Horseshoe prospect. While it had been previously announced that light oil had been discovered, Thursday’s announcement extended the Nanushuk Play in the Pikka Unit by approximately 20 miles and […]
In early March up on the frozen Arctic Coastal Plain, as the wind sculpts snow into drifts, it’s hard to tell northern lakes from surrounding tundra. But lurking deep beneath that flat white world are toothy predators as long as your arm. In pools 60 feet down, lake trout are somehow passing the long winter. […]
ANCHORAGE – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Tuesday opened a 90-day public scoping period on a proposed 211-mile controlled industrial access road in the southern foothills of the Brooks Range. The BLM published a Notice of Intent Tuesday in the Federal Register to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) identifying and analyzing concerns and […]
UPDATE: Ground searchers dispatched from Nome were able to locate the two men. THey were sheltered in a shelter cabin on Thursday. The National Guard Blackhawk helicopter rendezvoused to their location and transported them back to Nome. ORIGINAL: Alaska State Troopers report that the search for two Brevig Mission travelers is continuing today after Wednesday’s […]