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This Day in Alaska History-April 3rd, 1898

By Alaska Native News on Apr 3, 2026 Featured, This Day in Alaskan and U.S. History

April 3rd of 1898 would go down in Alaska History as the deadliest day in the Klondike Gold Rush. It was a day of multiple avalanches caused by the heavy snowfalls that occurred in February and March of that year, as well as warm southerly winds occurring in the area. On the morning of […]

A Ghost Town on the Tanana River

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Jul 20, 2016 Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science

COS JACKET — On a canoe trip down the lower Tanana River, we’ve scrambled up a sandy bank to explore a place that is less populated now than it was a century ago. No one, in fact, lives at Cos Jacket anymore. There is a cabin-size cache with a tin roof. A few sagging log […]