University of Alaska

Jan 07 2019
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A view from the interior of Trail Creek Cave 2, the site where the ancient Beringian tooth was originally found by Danish archaeologists in 1949.

Found in a cave in Northwest Alaska, an ancient tooth offers insights into the first inhabitants of the Americas

By | Arctic, History, Northwest, Science & Tech, University of Alaska

A 9,000-year-old child’s tooth found in a cave near Deering, Alaska, belonged to a “relative of all other Native Americans,” says archaeologist Jeff Rasic. The tooth is the oldest human remains found in the Arctic.

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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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