The loss of glaciers worldwide enhances the breakdown of complex carbon molecules in rivers, potentially contributing further to climate change. University of Alaska Southeast Professor of Environmental Science Eran Hood was part of an international research team led by the University of Leeds that has for the first time linked glacier-fed mountain rivers with higher […]
The United States Coast Guard report that they plucked an injured climber who took a fall while descending the Mendenhall Towers west of Glacier Trail early Friday morning. Juneau police reported at 2 am on Friday that as three climbers were descending the towers a man, identified as 23-year-old Bryson Allen of Washington, had […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard and Capital City Fire/Rescue saved six people after a boat ran aground near Juneau, Saturday. A Capital City Fire/Rescue boat crew arrived on scene and took the people off their 24-foot boat after it ran aground on the Mendenhall Bar in Fritz Cove at approximately 4:30 p.m. A Coast […]
Troopers are reporting that an Army National Guard helicopter is standing by to launch if a favorable weather window develops affording them the chance to conduct a further search of the Mendenhall Towers area for two missing climbers. George “Ryan” Johnson, of Juneau, and Marc-Andre Leclerc of British Columbia remain missing since last heard from […]
Alaska State Troopers based in Juneau received notification on Wednesday that two climbers who had set out to climb the Mendenhall Towers in the Mendenhall Ice Field had not returned by their scheduled time on Wednesday evening. Family and friends reported that the two climbers, 34-year-old George “Ryan” Johnson of Juneau, and Marc-Andre Leclerc of British Columbia, […]
A Wednesday evening search effort near Juneau turned into a recovery effort after the subject of the search was found deceased by Juneau Mountain Rescue on Wednesday night, troopers report. It was at 6:46 pm on Wednesday that troopers in Juneau received a report that 25-year-old Juneau resident, Ryan Johanson, was missing in the Nugget […]
The Mendenhall Lake Campground was closed last night because of increasingly high levels of water as a glacially dammed lake began releasing waters into the lake and river. Rising levels of water were evident on the river as the waters there churn today. The rising waters are inching up to residents along View Drive as […]