Officials for the Nenana Ice Classic report that there will be no further measurements made for the Alaska’s 100-year-old guessing game held each spring. They report that the last measurement, taken on April 14th, was gauged at 32.3 inches, and say that because of the current condition of the ice, it was no longer safe […]
(FAIRBANKS, Alaska) –The Taylor Highway is now open from the Alaska Highway to the city of Eagle. Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) Maintenance and Operations crews started removing snow and ice along the 160-mile road in late March. The Boundary Spur, also known as the Top of the World Highway, remains closed until […]
The United States Coast Guard and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation are coordinating initial cleanup efforts with the city of Tuntutuliak in Southwest Alaska. USCG sent responders to the scene where a Caterpillar EL180 excavator fell through the ice on the Qinaq River near the small community to assess the site late last month. […]
Ships with no humans aboard have long ridden the seas, often floating with supernatural stories of being piloted by dead crew members or becoming visible to sailors and then vanishing. Alaska has its own ghost ship. Workers for the Hudson Bay Company abandoned the S.S. Baychimo just offshore of Wainwright 85 years ago. Sea ice […]