Jennifer Pemberton
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The first and only cruise ship to sail in Southeast Alaska during the pandemic reported a positive case of COVID-19 on board Tuesday. -
The line that's running the ship is called - ironically - UnCruise. -
Glacial dam releases — known as a jökulhlaups — have become annual events in Juneau in recent years due to warming temperatures and the retreat of the Mendenhall Glacier. The latest one has prompted a flood warning for the Mendenhall Lake and River. -
According to a press release from the Department of Health and Social Services, the new cases were discovered in eight communities: 12 in Anchorage, four in Wasilla, three in Eagle River, three in Kenai, two in Homer and one each in Soldotna, the Kenai Peninsula Borough and Anchor Point. -
That’s when outsiders started showing up in Kaktovik: tourists, who wanted to see polar bears before they went extinct. -
As polar bears lose their habitat in the Arctic, they have no choice but to come to shore and try to live part of their lives on land. -
A new paper shows how warmer ocean temperatures are impacting animals on land in addition to those that depend on sea ice. Listen now -
The Arctic could see its first ice-free summer as soon as 2030 as the region continues to warm faster than the rest of the planet. Some scientists think we’ve reached a point of no return, where no amount of reducing carbon emissions will save the Arctic, and a small group of scientists think it’s time for an intervention to help Mother Nature out. Listen now
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Instead of harvesting their forests for timber, the Chugach Alaska Corporation is selling an innovative new forest product: the carbon stored in the trees. Listen now -
“Coming into the Country,” John McPhee’s book about Alaska, was published in 1977, introducing readers across the country to a wild place, less than 20 years into its statehood. The book quickly became a best-seller and is still popular with tourists and Alaska residents alike. Listen now
