Previously burned areas have played a major role in limiting the spread of wildfires across Alaska’s boreal forest, according to new research led by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist Ben Gaglioti. Gaglioti, a researcher with the Water and Environmental Research Center at the UAF Institute of Northern Engineering, and his collaborators examined 568 instances between […]
Alaska’s drone research program successfully completed a 1,000-kilometer test flight carrying human blood samples for the International Testing Agency, which investigates doping by athletes at the Olympics and other major sporting events. The 8-hour, 47-minute flight by the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration aimed to show that unmanned aircraft can rapidly deliver blood […]
Kennecott has been spruced up quite a bit since my last visit there nearly 30 years ago. Even so, many crumbling buildings remain. Some have been shored up by the National Park Service, which now manages the site as Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. A few other buildings have been […]
A $300,000 grant to the University of Alaska Museum of the North will pay for exhibits centered on the abandoned bus made famous by the “Into the Wild” book and movie. The museum, part of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, received the grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services. The museum will […]