Scientists say that one of the last surviving populations of woolly mammoths was likely driven to extinction by lack of drinking water.
Aleutians
Where are the herring? Unalaska’s seine fishery remains on hold
The commercial herring fishery is on hold in Unalaska — because no one can find the fish.
Crew escapes flooding trawler, recovery plan in the works
The Coast Guard is working on a rescue plan for an abandoned trawler, The Alaska Juris began taking on water Tuesday nearly 700 miles west of Dutch Harbor.
Florida woman retraces grandfather’s WWII service in the Aleutians
“It’s like a living museum to go there and to see how things were,” said Karen Abel, granddaughter of a Royal Canadian Air Force veteran of World War II’s Aleutian campaign. “And to see the guns. You get to touch them and feel them and see where they were placed in action. It’s not in a museum. It’s not behind glass. It was exactly as it was then.”
Radar Love: The solitary rhythm of life at one remote radar site
Scattered across Alaska are 15 radar sites in some of the most remote areas of the state. Tiny crews of private contractors live at them for months at a time.
The pulses overhead: remote radars still tie together Alaska’s air defense
The Air Force’s long range radar site at Cape Romanzof is one of 15 in Alaska beaming pulses 250 miles in every direction, probing the sky for abnormalities.