The Alaska flag flies from the bow of a boat in one of Ketchikan, Alaska’s small-boat harbors on Monday, July 24, 2023. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon) With more coastline than all of the other states combined, Alaska has quite the maritime history. And...
Ice-wedge polygons spread over the permafrost terrain near Prudhoe Bay on Alaska’s North Slope, are seen from the air on July 17, 2018. Permafrost scientists plan to develop new artificial intelligence-aided technology to track the changes that thaw makes in...
The Graphite Creek Deposit about 37 miles north of Nome on Alaska’s Seward Peninsula, is revealed at Graphite Creek in this undated photo. A Graphite One Inc. exploration site is seen in the distance on the far left. Small-scale mining in this area occurred in the...
Landscape of the Alaskan lowlands north of the Brooks Range. Image: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service A study lifts the veil on the evolutionary origins of the tundra, a vast Arctic biome shaped by falling temperatures and rising grounds. Grasslands dotted with dwarf...
A Cook Inlet beluga mother and calf are seen swimming in 2017. A “willingness to pay” analysis found that Alaskans place a high value on keeping this unique population healthy (Photo: Hollis Europe and Jacob Barbaro / Noaa Fisheries) Alaska’s...
