Kevin White has placed his hands on the long, white fur of more than 400 Alaska mountain goats during the past 20 years. His diligence in studying this Ice Age wanderer of high, steep country has led to a new understanding — a surprising number of the creatures die by snow avalanche. White works out […]
Mountain goats use steep, exposed terrain to avoid carnivores such as wolves, but new research reveals a significant cost of this behavior: exposure to snow avalanches. Findings from a long-term study by researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the University of Alaska Southeast with partners in Canada and Switzerland show that death from […]
On Monday afternoon, Alaska State Troopers were notified of an overdue skiier in the Hatcher Pass area. The caller reported that 33-year-old Liam Walsh off Wasilla had last been heard from around noon on Sunday and had failed to return as scheduled that evening. It was reported by troopers that Walsh’s vehicle had been located […]