"I thought it would be cool if a piece fell off, thinking it would be one-twentieth of what actually fell off." ...

A permitting system designed in the 1970s was supposed to make Alaska’s commercial fishing industry more sustainable and more ...

Peat bogs sequester a massive amount of the earth's carbon dioxide. But even as scientists work to better understand bogs' ...

As global warming accelerates, the increasing number of supraglacial lakes and the need to accurately measure their depths ...

Two ice skaters were stranded and self-rescued from a glacier chunk that fell onto the ice in Portage Lake, Alaska, on Monday ...

The U.S. Forest Service warned residents on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025 of a large crack in the Mendenhall Glacier that may cause significant calving. The U.S. Forest Service is warning Juneau residents to ...

A window of cold and clear weather has drawn hundreds of people to skate, bike and walk on the lake ice in recent days.

Ice climbers came to the rescue of two people who became stranded when a piece of glacier broke off and crashed onto a lake in Alaska, officials said.

An eyewitness, who was skating on the frozen glacial lake about a 56-mile drive southeast from Anchorage, said she heard ...

The Friends of Rydell and Glacial Ridge Refuges Association will host a Candlelight Ski and Owl Prowl event from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15, at Rydell National Wildlife Refuge near Erskine.

Check out these awesome day trips from Anchorage, Alaska! They'll give you a great taste of The Last Frontier without the ...