Konrad Steffen, 68, died Aug. 8, 2020, when he fell into a meltwater-filled crevasse on the Greenland ice sheet. The glaciologist never worked in Alaska, but Steffen’s work influenced a scientist here, his countryman Martin Truffer. Truffer was born in Switzerland, as was Steffen. Truffer, a professor who studies glaciers at the Geophysical Institute […]
Alaska State Troopers report that the remains of a Seward man who went missing while on a day canoe trip on the Resurrection River has been located and retrieved. On Sunday night at 9:04 pm Seward-based troopers were alerted to an overdue Seward man, identified as 52-year-old Richard Hoversten, who had gone out on […]
Anchorage police report that the State Medical Examiner’s office is looking into and will ultimately determine the cause of death of an adult Anchorage female who died after being transported to a local hospital on Saturday morning. Police responded too an address on the 7700-block of Rovenna Street in reference to a disturbance call […]
From the Alaska Department of Natural Resources: The Department of Natural Resources intends to negotiate with the University of Alaska Museum of the North as the likely repository of the well-known historic “Bus 142,” removed from the Stampede Trail last month. “Of the many expressions of interest in the bus, the proposal from the […]