Iditapod: Slip slidin’ away
We rejoin the Iditarod something like 48 hours in, and, on what sounds like a hard and fast trail, mushers are pacing themselves for the shorter 850-mile race. There've been a total of three scratches so far, none bigger than Aliy Zirkle, who suffered a concussion and upper body injury in the Dalzell Gorge and had to be flown out of Rohn by helicopter. Also, we catch up with our pal Zachariah Hughes in McGrath.
National Geographic Live – Paul Nicklen
National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen has traveled to some of the most remote regions of the globe to document the effects of climate change. He has plunged into icy water and floated on sea ice to photograph sea mammals that rarely encounter humans.
Nicklen worked as a biologist in Alaska before becoming a professional photographer. He says his love of the Arctic developed as a kid, growing up in a tiny arctic village on Baffin Island in Canada.
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Ask a Climatologist: How does a hot Pacific Northwest affect Alaska?
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DeeDee Jonrowe second musher to scratch in 2018 Iditarod
Willow musher DeeDee Jonrowe has scratched from the 2018 Iditarod. Listen now
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Nome Hospital named a “shovel ready” project
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Alaska governor’s staff deleted state agency’s analysis of teacher pay
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Team of scientists publish assessment of arctic climate change
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Alaska’s rare COVID breakthrough cases are far less worrisome than stalled vaccination rate, experts say
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Murkowski, Sullivan resign GOP posts after denouncing Trump
Alaska's two U.S. senators resigned leadership posts in the state Republican party in denouncing GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. Listen Now
Murkowski concerned with how court may rule in abortion case
Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Tuesday that she’s concerned with the direction the U.S. Supreme Court could take on the issue of abortion.
Anchorage Assembly ends its indoor mask mandate
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2022 marked the end of cheap mortgages and now the housing market has turned icy cold
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