Teams continue to search Mendenhall Lake near Mendenhall Glacier for a 43-year-old Juneau man who was reported missing on July 16th while out kayaking and had not been seen for the previous week. Troopers were notified by Juneau police that Paul Rodriguez Jr had been reported missing and his vehicle was located at the Mendenhall […]
Source: The Conversation These ‘islands’ are on the move. Martin Nissen In 2021, an expedition off the icy northern Greenland coast spotted what appeared to be a previously uncharted island. It was small and gravelly, and it was declared a contender for the title of the most northerly known land mass in the world. The […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued an injured all-terrain vehicle rider Aug. 20 near Kahiltna Glacier about 100 miles northwest of Anchorage. A member of the rider’s party used a satellite-communication device to notify the Alaska State Troopers, who then requested assistance from the Alaska Rescue Coordination […]
For all the descriptive Alaska place names out there — like the Grand Canyon, the Wall of China and the trio of Death Valleys — there are some that really make you scratch your head. Elephant Point is just south of the Arctic Circle on a tundra peninsula north of Buckland. Elephant Point was the […]