“Aurora Sensations,” a film created using time-lapse photography of Alaska auroras set to ambient music, will be featured as part of the First Friday event at Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center in downtown Fairbanks on September 7, 2012. The showings will be continuous from 5 to 8 p.m. in the center’s theatre. Admission is free.

By nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)

ST. MATTHEW ISLAND — “Oh look, another tooth,” says Dennis Griffin, dressed in raingear and caked with wet soil.

The Alaska Interagency Coordination Center is tracking six fires in Alaska. The Dry Creek Fire south of Fairbanks is currently the largest at more than 28,000 acres. According to the center's August 23 morning report, the west flank of the fire is the most active, with "smoldering and isolated torching."

You have an opportunity to stand in the middle of the ice age. On August 18-19, 2012, the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory will offer public tours and educational activities at their permafrost tunnel located in Fox, Alaska. Activities run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday.

By nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)

By Professor of Geophysics rehock [at] alaska [dot] edu (Regine Hock)

More than 260 glaciologists from around the world gathered at UAF 24-29 June for the annual symposium of the International Glaciological Society which was hosted by the Geophysical Institute.

By GI Assistant Research Professor dfee [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (David Fee)