The Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989 is still considered the worst environmental disaster in the Arctic, when 41 million liters of heavy oil leaked from the damaged oil tanker and polluted over 2,000 km of coastline for a long time. The effects are still detectable...
The Arctic food web: marine mammals, seabirds, fish, marine invertebrates and microorganisms as well as the local population all depend on each other. Illustration: WWF Global Arctic Program This spring, ArcNet became available as a framework that takes a holistic...
The proposed Ambler Road would be 340 kilometers long and run through the Gates of the Arctic National Park where this photo is from. Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wikimedia Commons The proposed road in North Alaska poses a tough question to president Joe...
The dogs whose musher was rookie Sean Williams of Chugiak wait at the start of the 2024 Iditarod on March 2 in Anchorage, Alaska. Williams scratched on March 15. Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/Alaska Beacon Between sponsor withdrawals and inflation, the future of...
When the games were first held, there were around ten disciplines. Today there are around twenty, divided into three categories: the Dene Games, Arctic sports (as seen here with the head pull), and contemporary sports such as futsal. Image: Elina Bertet / French Polar...
