Arctic

Jun 21 2018
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At the top of the world, an international field school for research students

By | Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Climate Change, Education

Earlier this month, the University of Alaska Fairbanks participated in an international field school in Utqiaġvik, giving early-career researchers a broad view of the Arctic coastal system and how it’s changing, along with some different methods for studying it.

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Jun 15 2018
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Alaska’s northernmost town still in transition 1 1/2 years after official name change

By | Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Community, Local Government

“Barrow” is everywhere while walking around town: on the fire trucks, in the name of the high school, the local utility company, on the North Slope Borough’s official logo. But the name “Utqiaġvik” is showing up, as well. It’s on City Hall and on municipal department letterhead.

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May 30 2018
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Athabascan drummers Travis Cole, Sunny Luke and Norman Carlo lead protesters to the Carlson Center in Fairbanks on Tuesday, May 29, 2018. The Bureau of Land Management was meeting on the federal plan to lease portions of the ANWR coastal plain for oil and gas development.

Hundreds of protesters turn out against ANWR coastal plain exploration

By | Alaska Native Government & Policy, Arctic, Energy & Mining, Environment, Federal Government, Interior, North Slope, Subsistence, Wildlife

Most of those who showed up for a Bureau of Land Management meeting in Fairbanks opposed the plan to open ANWR. They said it would disrupt caribou calving season and harm subsistence, culture and environment.

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