On top of an ice body more than two miles thick, Chris Polashenski last summer hoped to find a candy wrapper that might have fallen from Carl Benson’s pocket 60 years ago.
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Donors pay to test seawater for traces of Fukushima radiation
Radiation experts don’t believe there is cause for alarm on our shores, but some coastal residents are stepping forward to pay for seawater testing just to be sure.
Sea lion necropsy reveals no clear answers
A dead sea lion that washed up on the beach at Refuge Cove was dissected Thursday in hopes of finding out what caused the death.
Whale collision with Kennicott under investigation
NOAA law enforcement officials are currently investigating a collision between the state ferry Kennicott and a humpback whale near Kodiak.
Southwest, Southeast Alaska face highest risks from ocean acidification
Coastal communities in Alaska that depend on fisheries were warned Tuesday to prepare for the impacts of ocean acidification.
Research team sets out for Islands of the Four Mountains
A group of researchers left Unalaska this past weekend for a remote part of the central Aleutians: the Islands of the Four Mountains.