On September 6, 1867, Union Brigadier General Jefferson C. Davis-not the Confederate president Jefferson Davis-was appointed the first commander of U.S. military forces in the newly established District of Alaska. The following year, Davis ordered Russian residents in Sitka to leave their homes, saying the buildings were needed for Americans. Davis had a controversial […]
When the now-extinct American cheetah was enduring the last ice age, a glaciated barrier broke up its territory into two distinct territories — one in central North America and another much farther north. Analysis from the Alaska Stable Isotope Facility at the University of Alaska Fairbanks helped an international research team uncover how the ancient […]
On last Sunday. at about 5:30 pm, Alaska State Troopers responded to a Fairbanks residence regarding a reported mental health crisis. During the course of the investigation, Troopers learned that the caller, Charlie Reich III, had assaulted his brother the previous evening during an argument. Reich reportedly placed his arm around his brother’s neck in […]
Relatively few people have been to the Arctic, and even fewer have set foot in Antarctica. Most of us rely on our imaginations and media to visualize these landscapes and the ways they are changing. Research shows that the Arctic is warming four times faster than the global average. The sea ice is melting, exposing more open […]