“I think it was a little more stable, and there was a little bit more assurance that the ice you were on was not going to disintegrate on you that easy,” says whaling captain Gordon Brower.
North Slope
Marie Adams Carroll became a ‘folk hero’ fighting for Iñupiat whaling rights. Now she’s in the Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame.
Asking around about Marie Adams Carroll in Utqiaġvik, it’s clear that the things she’s done on the North Slope will be remembered long after she retires.
Meet Alice Qannik Glenn, the podcaster who’s trying to get more young Alaska Native voices on the mic
With her podcast “Coffee & Quaq,” Glenn wants to spotlight the ideas and conversations of young Alaska Native people and broaden the range of stories that are told about Indigenous experiences.
New York Times reporter discusses story revealing ANWR oil test well was ‘worthless’
The story uncovered a long-held Alaska secret: that the only exploratory oil well ever drilled in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was “worthless.”
ADN owners buy 3 more Alaska newspapers
The Arctic Sounder, Bristol Bay Times/Dutch Harbor Fisherman and Homer Tribune are now part of the Anchorage Daily News newspaper family.
Seeking hidden ‘pockets of oil,’ BP takes on a massive project at Prudhoe Bay
The 3D seismic survey is part of the effort to keep the oil field alive for decades to come.