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Life of Riley Reaches its End

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Apr 20, 2020 Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science

[smartslider3 slider=5] Riley the wolf has died. She lived in the wild until almost the age of 11, which biologists call a remarkable feat. Wolves are lucky to live to 6. The female wolf, former leader of the once-mighty Riley Creek pack in Denali National Park, drowned in an open lead of the Nenana River […]

Alaska Rivers Flow through Mountain Range

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Jun 27, 2014 The Arctic and Alaska Science

Alaska’s landscape has an unusual feature that allows us to enjoy cheap bananas in the Interior and other things that make life possible in the subarctic. The Nenana River, born on the south side of the Alaska Range, makes a u-turn and flows north through the mountains. With it comes a wide, low corridor that […]