Far-North Lake Trout Living in Mystery

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Mar 5, 2017   Featured, North Slope/Northwest Alaska, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

In early March up on the frozen Arctic Coastal Plain, as the wind sculpts snow into drifts, it’s hard to tell northern lakes from surrounding tundra. But lurking deep beneath that flat white world are toothy predators as long as your arm. In pools 60 feet down, lake trout are somehow passing the long winter. […]