A federal study found gulls that frequented areas closer to human populations carried E. coli more resistant to antibiotics than E. coli carried by gulls observed in a more remote place.
"USGS Alaska Science Center"
Riding the bumps of the far northern trail
A sick snowmachine awaits rescue here on the snow-covered ice of this boot-shaped lake.
Summer comes early in the far north
A worker at the Toolik Field Station research camp in blue-white hills north of the Brooks Range has proclaimed this the first day of summer.