The Sound of Silence in Russell Fjord

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Jun 7, 2019   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Image: Dead trees near a shoreline of Russell Fjord about 15 miles from the town of Yakutat. Ned Rozell photo. RUSSELL FJORD — Standing on this smooth gravel shoreline, 15 miles northeast of the town of Yakutat, you can tell something big happened. A forest of dead trees encircles the shoreline. The dry, bone-white stems […]