Scubua diving emergencies can no longer be treated at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau. After more than 30 years, the facility discontinued its hyperbaric chamber program and recently removed the 13-foot chamber.
Environment
Gardentalk – Porcupines and seed collecting
Master Gardener Ed Buyarski explains it all.
35,000 sockeye caught in first six hours of Snettisham fishery
50,000 sockeye salmon is the early catch estimate for a 3-day gillnet opening at Port Snettisham and the Speel Arm near Juneau, with 35,000 of those fish caught in the first six hours.
How the Coast Guard’s ice breaker crushes through 21 feet of solid ice
The Arctic ice cap reached a new low in September 2012. In just six months last year, 4.5 million square miles of Arctic Ocean ice melted, according to a report by the United Nations. While that may be hard to imagine, the commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star says Arctic ice…
Mendenhall Lake, River see drop after high temperatures
As we move toward autumn, low pressure systems will begin to boot Juneau’s unusually warm and dry summer out of the way.
Wasted black bear washes ashore in Gastineau Channel
Male bear was shot several times, wrapped in a tarp, and tied to makeshift anchor weight before dumped in the water