Arctic

Dec 06 2018
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Reactions from Utqiaġvik on a whaling quota rule change: ‘We don’t have to beg anymore’

By | Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Community, Federal Government, Nation & World, North Slope, Subsistence, Uncategorized

“I had hoped to see that happen during my lifeterm,” said Eugene Brower, former president of the Barrow Whaling Captains Association of the rule change. “I’m happy that we don’t have to beg anymore.”

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Nov 27 2018
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As ocean heats up off Northwest Alaska, the fishing does too

By | Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Climate Change, Economy, Environment, Fisheries, Northwest, Oceans, Science & Tech, Weather

This year’s commercial harvest of chum salmon in Kotzebue Sound was nearly 700,000 fish, breaking a record nearly four decades old. To the south, the value of the commercial salmon catch in Norton Sound was also the highest ever.

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Nov 21 2018
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An unexpected agency weighs in on offshore Arctic oil drilling: NASA

By | Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Energy & Mining, Federal Government, University of Alaska

In April, the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center sent a letter to BOEM estimating that 70 rocket parts have landed in the Beaufort Sea since the 1960s. The agency’s concern, it wrote, “is that future oil and gas development in the Beaufort Sea could result in the need to protect additional persons and property when conducting launch operations.”

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High wind warning for downtown Juneau & Douglas on Saturday
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