This Day in Alaska History-August 30th, 1915
Arctic Guardians Rescue Two Plane Crash Victims at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued two plane crash victims on Aug. 7 at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve about 300 miles west of Anchorage, near the park’s border with Canada. The National Park Service requested assistance from the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center after receipt of […]
Moose Hunter Killed in grizzly Bear Attack in Wrangell-St Elias National Park
For the first time since the Wrangell-St Elias National Park’s creation, a hunter has been mauled in a fatal grizzly bear attack the National Park revealed on Tuesday. The hunter, whose identity as yet has not been revealed, was on a 10-day moose hunt near the Chisana River drainage with a friend when the […]
Study to Investigate Melting Malaspina Glacier, Potential New Bay
The rapidly melting Malaspina Glacier in southeastern Alaska’s Wrangell-St. Elias National Park could create a new ocean bay, one feature in what may be the largest landscape transformation underway in the United States. To better understand these changes, the National Science Foundation recently awarded researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and two partner […]