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This Day in Alaska History-April 2nd
17+ hour, 15+ min ago (164+ words) By Alaska Native News on Apr 2, 2026Comments Off on This Day in Alaska History-April 2nd Disney's 25th episode of season 13 aired in a salute to Alaska's 100th anniversary on April 2nd, 1967. The animated episode, named just that, "A Salute to Alaska," aired a brief history…...
Arctic Dual Hood simplifies energy-efficient ventilation
17+ hour, 12+ min ago (316+ words) By Yuri Bult-Ito UAF on Apr 2, 2026Comments Off on Arctic Dual Hood simplifies energy-efficient ventilation A new ventilation system component developed by engineers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the Cold Climate Housing Research Center is helping indoor air quality…...
Alaska bike journey rolls along
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (559+ words) By Ned Rozelle-Geophysical Institute on Mar 31, 2026Comments Off on Alaska bike journey rolls along MANLEY HOT SPRINGS " It's so quiet in these spruce hills and tamarack swamps that 27 hours and 50 miles passed between when Forest Wagner and I said goodbye to…...
Living Culture Gallery Reveals New Exhibit: From Kodiak to Carlisle, Tracing Our Lost Students
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (291+ words) Living Culture Gallery Reveals New Exhibit: From Kodiak to Carlisle, Tracing Our Lost Students'Alaska Native News Living Culture Gallery Reveals New Exhibit: From Kodiak to Carlisle, Tracing Our Lost Students In the early 20th century, the United States government sought to…...
Cod vs. Crab: It’s Not Just Cod Abundance—Size Influences Predation on Crab
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (237+ words) A new study uses spatial models to precisely map how Pacific cod prey on commercially important snow and southern Tanner crabs in the eastern Bering Sea. The role of predation by Pacific cod on snow and Tanner crab remains unclear…...
Avalanche Company hones lethality at JBER Infantry Platoon Battle Course
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (866+ words) The frozen tidal wave forms after successive winter storms layer marching loads of snow across the mountain face. When a strongly bonded slab rests atop a weaker layer, a solitary fracture can suddenly trigger a singularity of physics like a…...
Alder-Alutiiq Word of the Week
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (55+ words) " Alder " Uqgwik Uqgwit kua'akameng cillkataartut. " When alders burn they make a crackling sound. Sitka alder (Alnus crispa) is a large shrub that grows up to twenty feet tall. Found commonly across the Kodiak Archipelago, this plant thrives in a wide…...
This Day in Alaska History-March 28th, 1898
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (167+ words) On this day in 1898, the United States Department of Agriculture would open an experimental station on Kodiak Island to experiment with cattle breeding. The station, authorized by the 1887 Hatch Act, would open in Kalsin Bay, 14 miles to the south of…...
Poker Flat Research Range cleans up what comes down
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (1432+ words) A brilliant flash of light and a stream of directed flame generating 25,000 pounds of thrust pushed a NASA sounding rocket skyward north of Fairbanks early on Jan. 30. Up it went from Poker Flat Research Range, carrying the PolarNOx aurora research…...
This Day in Alaska History-March 26th, 1958
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (104+ words) It was on this day in 1958 that White Alice, the United States Airforce telecommunications network came online in the Alaska territory. It would be ultimately expanded to 80 sites. It was also used for civilian phone calls. The installations would be…...