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 ...

Two people became stranded after a piece of glacier broke off onto Portage Lake in Alaska, officials said. Photo from Girdwood ... warm clothes and an inReach or (satellite) phone to prepare ...

BNSF Railway has maintained a unique avalanche program to keep its main line to the Pacific Northwest open. It only took a ...

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

Two ice skaters were stranded and self-rescued from a glacier chunk that fell onto the ice in Portage Lake, Alaska, on Monday ...

A new study analyzing a lake formed by a glacier surge in the Karakoram Mountains has revealed how satellite images can be used to monitor the potential for lake drainage hazards. New research has ...