A new fire management plan for Glacier National Park will incorporate prescribed burning and other forest treatments into the ...

An official state of the union for 66 years, Alaska is known for its glaciers, permafrost and national parks. Home to North ...

"I thought it would be cool if a piece fell off, thinking it would be one-twentieth of what actually fell off." ...

An eyewitness, who was skating on the frozen glacial lake about a 56-mile drive southeast from Anchorage, said she heard noises and then saw the glacier break off, or calve, according to KTUU. A video ...

The GLIMS initiative has created a unique glacier inventory, storing information about the extent and rates of change of all the world's mountain glaciers and ice caps. The GLIMS Glacier Database was ...

Alaska National Parks are a must-see for any National Park fan! There is just something about Alaska and the wild beauty ...

The flat farm fields stretched west on either side of U.S. Highway 212 while we were bound for South Dakota. Once we approached the Buffalo Ridge near the western border of Minnesota, crossed the ...

Note the presence of unfrozen sediment-laden glacier meltwater of the glacial lake (cyan) north of the oil port and east of the city of Valdez. The unfrozen state of the lake in mid-winter is a ...

Winter in Alaska has waterfalls frozen mid-cascade, ice caves so blue they look unreal, and lakes so clear you can skate ...

Among the highlights are scenic transits past the majestic Hubbard Glacier ... in Valdez, flightseeing over the glaciers near Petersburg, or kayaking along the forested shores of Klawock Lake.

Cobalt Lake sits below Mount Rockwell, left, Sinopah Mountain, center, and Painted Teepee Peak, right, along the Two Medicine Pass Trail in Glacier National Park on Wednesday, Aug. 21.