A circular scar on Alaska’s face speaks to an event that may have contributed to the fall of societies on the far side of the world.
In the near future, Juneau’s Mendenhall Glacier will withdraw its icy toe from the lake of its making, scientists say.
While applying to attend John McPhee’s writing seminar at Princeton University in the fall of 2017, Ben Weissenbach wrote his 86-year-old instructor “I want to follow in your footsteps, literally.”
UPPER CHENA RIVER — On this rainy September afternoon, Erik Schoen vacuums water from a backwater slough. The clear flow runs through a plastic tube and into a jar.
It’s a long way from the Bronx to Barrow. It’s even farther from Fairbanks to Ghana. Lewis Shapiro covered a lot of ground during his 90 years.
