Outdoors

Apr 02 2018
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The austere Iditarod checkpoint, with just two major shelter structures, and tents or converted out buildings set up for Iditarod. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media)

Alaska ghost town all that remains of historic Iditarod

By | History, Iditarod, Outdoors

For 46 years, the Iditarod Sled Dog Race has traced a thousand-mile path from Anchorage or Willow up to Nome. But the original route actually started in Seward, and only existed for a few year’s time — the product of gold rushes, boom towns and a creeping interest by the federal government.

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Mar 30 2018
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Roman Sorokin waits as USCG rescue swimmer Keith Williams descends from a Jayhawk helicopter in the distance (Photo courtesy Josh Joseph)

Rescued hikers recount experiences atop Mount Edgecumbe

By | Outdoors, Search & Rescue, Southeast

Five hikers were rescued this weekend after an attempt to ascend Mount Edgecumbe in Sitka didn’t go as planned. The unexpected obstacles they faced were met with quick decisions a touch of good humor. Though they didn’t make it to the top of the volcano, they made it down safely, with their inflatable unicorn rafts intact.

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Mar 29 2018
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An aerial view of Ishinomaki, Japan, on March 18, 2011, one week after a devastating 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami. LANCE CPL. ETHAN JOHNSON / U.S. MARINE CORPS.

New tsunami maps for southwest Washington coast have ‘shocking’ flooding

By | Oceans, Outdoors, Public Safety, Weather

The worst case scenario for flooding from a tsunami along the Pacific Northwest coast just got even worse. Washington’s Department of Natural Resources with help from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration re-mapped the maximum tsunami threat from Grays Harbor down to the Columbia River mouth.

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