What’s in an Alaska name?
by Ned Rozell
I once asked a snowmachiner heading out on a trail from Nome where he was going.
Walking a storm-scoured Alaska beach, archaeologist Rick Knecht knelt to pick up a wooden figurine the size of his palm.
Just when you thought you’d seen everything in the boreal forest, a reader points out white whiskers sprouting from the ground.
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.
