(Map: UAF) Megathrust earthquakes, as the name suggests, are big. Since 1900, all earthquakes of magnitude 9.0 or greater have been megathrust earthquakes. Now, a study of two powerful earthquakes in adjacent areas off the Alaska Peninsula in 2020 and 2021 appears to...
No heavy armament, just heavily reinforced (Photo: Halter Marine) By any other name, the main job of America’s Polar Security Cutters will be the same as that of the classes of icebreakers that came before them: breaking ice. In official parlance, the function...
Don’t laugh, it’s not sanctioned A month after EU countries announced that their fifth round of sanctions against Russia after it began waging war on Ukraine on 24 February would involve closing its borders to cargo traffic, Norway, last week, decided it...
Alas, poor John (Photo: Robert W Park) Theories abound as to what caused the Franklin Expedition to fail and, not least, what became of most of its 128 members. The fates of 20 or so, including the expedition’s namesake leader and John Gregory (whose skull is pictured...
For comparison, 13 US states areas occupy less space than the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (Map: Bureau of Land Management) If there is one thing that conservations and those keen on exploiting more of Alaska’s oil reserves can agree on, it is that the decision...