Arctic

For the first time, scientists have documented the prevalence of two biotoxins in Alaska’s marine mammal population above the Arctic Circle.

Senate Minority Leader Berta Gardner, an Anchorage Democrat, said her caucus members were disappointed.

Things have gotten so bad in Kotzebue Sound that belugas there don’t sing out as much as they do elsewhere. Researchers suspect the belugas are afraid killer whales will find them and eat them.

The people in a tiny town in Greenland manage to stay (reasonably) happy even without the sun. But they’re sure glad to have it back.

Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott was part of Alaskan group participating in Seattle’s Arctic Encounter Symposium.

Alaska officials, municipal and Native corporation representatives, and top Coast Guard officers are attending the third annual Arctic Encounter Symposium in Seattle.