A view of the Stikine River near Wrangell and Petersburg. (Courtesy Cindi Lagoudakis) A geologist who has studied Southeast Alaska’s rocks and minerals for decades is creating a new geologic map of ...
Scientists have generated a map of the deformation of Earth’s surface caused by the November 30, 2018 magnitude 7.0 earthquake beneath the Anchorage area of Alaska. Summary: Scientists with the ...
More than 10,000 known Alaska landslides or landslide-related events are documented in a new state inventory intended to help improve understanding of risks and what can be done to improve safety. The ...
The Shublik Mountains stretch parallel to Alaska’s Arctic coast, with rocky ridges surrendering to miles and miles of North Slope tundra. Talus and boulder fields, as well as occasional short willows, ...
Why Does Alaska Have Interstate Highways? Looking at a highway map of Alaska, things pretty immediately look out of place. The state is simply too big and too rural for an extensive state highway ...