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Kansas City Star1mon
Hiker peers over cliff edge looking for missing dog — and tumbles off, rescuers say
A hiker tumbled over a coastal cliff edge while looking for his missing dog in Alaska, rescuers said. The Anchorage Fire Department on Facebook A man tumbled off a cliff over a coastal trail in ...
Alaska Native News9d
Tiny ocean wave vibrations hold Alaska climate secrets
Tiny ocean wave vibrations from the Gulf of Alaska — too subtle for humans to notice — can travel through land as far north ...
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Four to Six Feet of Snow Possible on Alaska’s Peaks—the Current State of the Snowpack
In Alaska, fifty to 75 inches of snow is possible above 1700 feet in some mountain ranges, especially near Thompson Pass, through next Tuesday, January 14th. Snow levels will lower in the latter ...
The Associated Press on MSN2mon
Mushers begin rugged Iditarod race after lack of snow forces major changes to iconic Alaska event
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The rugged Iditarod started Monday, but a dearth of snow forced the iconic dog sled race to start ...
Seattle Times1mon
Teen killed after triggering avalanche in Alaska, where 4 have died in snow slides this month
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A teenager has died after triggering an avalanche, the fourth person killed in snow slides in Alaska this month. Alaska State Troopers said the body of 16-year-old ...
Smithsonian Magazine1y
These Snow Goggles Demonstrate Thousands of Years of Indigenous Ingenuity
Larry McNeil In snowy Alaska, if you spend hours in the brilliant sun of spring or summer, you risk snow blindness ... old seasonal patterns. “The ocean isn’t freezing up the way it did ...