I have to admit I'm warming up to Anchorage. I still think the city itself is kind of a dump, but the land around it really' [...]
edited by: Linda Kellen,
Alaska Editor
For the last several weeks, the floor of my cabin has been cluttered with gear: waterproof totes and bags, buckets, cooking pots and rubber boots, tent stakes, sleeping bags, wool clothes, bug nets. Yesterday I finished making a pair of canoe paddles, cut the handle off [...] 
In the end, the money worked out about the same. Fred Meyer was selling whole Copper River reds for $3.99 a pound Thursday afternoon when we left for the Copper River, the truck loaded with empty coolers, long-handled dipnets, sleeping bags, a hand truck, and enough [...] 
Alas, I missed the powder day at the mountain this weekend. That was yesterday. I got out today, when the sky was so thick you could hardly see across the channel, and hiked up to the tram. It was only a few miles, but offered a [...] 
Well, the boots are out. I've been a little busy lately, but did get outside this weekend. On Saturday, I hiked up to the tram with my snowboard, although I didn't bother with the heavy, wet snow. On Sunday, I skinned up Mt. Troy with some [...] 
I made it to Juneau. 
Here's the iPhone weather forecast for Fairbanks.
No, not global warming, just coming back to Alaska from Virginia. I got back Sunday night and pretty much stayed inside all week. It's been unusually cold for October -- this weekend the high is about 10 degrees -- and I've been a bit of a [...] 
UAF prof Chien-Lu Ping has published new findings about the potential for arctic tundra to spew huge amounts of carbon dioxide and methane. Basically, Ping went around the state with a jackhammer (and willing helpers!) and dug test pits in the frozen ground -- more than [...] 
Palin might point out that her beef is with the Interior Secretary (for listing the bears as threatened) and not with the bears themselves, but here's a witty analysis from the Guardian on how Palin might fare in a battle with a bear -- pretty well,' [...] 
Last summer, the sudden shrinking of sea ice and subsequent haul-outs of thousands of walrus caught scientists somewhat off guard. This summer, they were ready.
Fairbanks got a report card last week in the form of a borough-wide greenhouse gas emissions inventory. How'd we do? Depends on how you look at it. Borough residents produced the equivalent of about 39 metric tons (about 85,000 pounds) of carbon dioxide per person per [...] 
What better way to welcome summer than with some snowboarding?
I hiked up the ridge again yesterday, this time with a friend and my ski-swap snowboard. We went as high as Gold Ridge, then turned around and came down in soft snow and steep terrain. Julie fell in a crevasse and I crashed hard, but otherwise [...] 
Another trip report here.
I've been wanting to do this trip for weeks, so this morning I tried it -- hiking up past the tram to Gold Ridge, past Gastineau Peak, and over Mount Roberts [...] 
It's been sunny and warm in Juneau for almost a week now. People are getting burned and tan, a little puzzled, and some even uneasy about the amount of sun. Instead of chance of rain 100 percent, it's chance of rain 20 percent.Washington, DC - In response [...]
