Sightings like this are almost unheard of. The last record Fish and Game has is from 1976, when someone watched an albino calf from the Porcupine Herd through a spotting scope for about two minutes. No photos were taken.
Northwest
Arctic Report Card gets new supporters after NOAA cut funding
The American Geophysical Union is fundraising for the climate report’s long-term publication.
Gasoline hits $26 per gallon in the northwest Alaska village of Shungnak
Shungnak is about 280 river miles east of Kotzebue, up the Kobuk River, or 150 miles as the airplane flies. Air travel is the only reliable, year-round form of transportation.
Deadly 2025 Bering Air crash caused by ‘a series of preventable breakdowns,’ NTSB chief says
The plane crashed onto an ice floe after experiencing “severe icing conditions,” killing all nine passengers and the pilot.
A new model could help predict rusting rivers, researchers say
The phenomenon known as “rusting rivers” happens when once-clear streams release highly acidic and metal-laden water, which pose a direct threat to fish and vegetation. It’s happening throughout Alaska’s Brooks Range.
3 more families sue Bering Air a year after a deadly crash near Nome
All of the lawsuits cite the initial finding that the plane flew into icing conditions while overweight.