The list has been made and checked twice…no, we’re not talking about Jolly Old Saint Nicholas and his list of who’s been naughty or nice. It’s the dedicated men and women of Alaskan NORAD Region that have made the vital preparations necessary to help keep Santa safe on his journey around the world this Christmas. […]
Posting selfies is the biggest rage on social media. People want to show the world, or at least their followers, what great things are being done with their life. But, what many people don’t realize is how often law enforcement officers, agents, and investigators use social media as a tool to collect information that may […]
Julie Hagelin needed a fake bird. She found one in an unexpected place. The biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is studying the mysterious olive-sided flycatcher, known for its piercing “quick, three beers!” heard above black spruce bogs throughout Alaska. The bird, which weighs as much as a dozen pennies and migrates […]
Strontium is a trace element and mineral people use to make glow-in-the-dark paints and toothpaste for sensitive teeth. In research for his college degree, Sean Brennan used strontium’s unique qualities to track salmon in an Alaska river. At Brennan’s Ph.D. defense at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, advisor Matthew Wooller praised Brennan’s ambitious plan and his […]