Yakutat time, correcting some errors, big meeting in San Francisco
Hans Nielsen of UAF’s Geophysical Institute speaks about capturing images of red sprites above thunderstorms at a press conference during last year’s Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Institute in San Francisco. Almost 20,000 scientists attended the five-day meeting in 2011.
Photo by Ned Rozell.
A few people contacted me after a column I wrote on time zones a while back. Flip Todd of Anchorage called to say Yakutat clocks displayed a different time than those anywhere else in Alaska prior to 1983. Back then, before Alaska went to the current two-time-zone system, Yakutat followed Yukon time, one hour removed from both Juneau and Anchorage. Flip also corrected my misspelling, in a later column, of the Takotna River.
Alaska Science Forum: Yakutat time, correcting some errors, big meeting in San Francisco
By nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)
Alaska Science Forum: Goodbye to a giant of glacier research
By nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)
High-school dropout Austin Post’s career began in the 1950s, when colleagues made up the title “Senior Meteorologist” to include him in a funding proposal.
Alaska Science Forum: Ancient skeletons of McGrath raise questions
By nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)
The room smelled of a smoked moosehide covering a table that held birch-bark baskets and a white box rimmed with beadwork flowers. Inside the box were the smooth bones of an adult man, a teenager and a child dug up within sight of the McGrath School.
Check out new resources in Keith B. Mather Library
The Keith B. Mather Library has acquired more than 20 new books in its collection. Subjects range from creating web pages to climate ethics and all books are available for check out. The Mather Library is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Stop in and see the various resources available to you through the library.
Alaska Science Forum: Doubling our daylight savings
By nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)
Professor Emeritus Carl Benson honored
On November 2, 2012, Professor Emeritus Carl Benson was the first recipient of the new Roger Smith Lifetime Achievement Award. Benson’s sustained commitment to the Geophysical Institute and research success are a model worth emulation. Benson’s award was presented by longtime friend and colleague Professor Emeritus Glenn Shaw at the Annual Banquet held at the Westmark Gold Room.
