Air, Other
Dust Devils
Space, Other
The 1929 Kuskokwim Meteor
Water, Other
Solifluction
Animals, Other
Grouse Sounds
History, Other
The Alaska-Canada Boundary
Humans, Other
Ice Lenses Versus the Highway Department
Water, Other
The Big Splash
Other, Other
Dancing Wires: Part Two
Air, Other
A False Solar Alarm
Land, Other
Alaska's Sand Dunes
Water, Other
Lituya Bay
Land, Other
Earthquake Lights
Water, Other
Snow in Alaskan Literature
History, Other
Roots
Other, Other
Dancing Wires
Land, Other
Warming up of Mt. Wrangell
History, Other
Halibut Fishing
Space, Other
Martian Permafrost

About

Since it was established by an Act of Congress in 1946, scientists at the Geophysical Institute have studied geophysical processes from the center of the Earth to the surface of the sun and beyond, turning data and observations into information useful for state, Arctic and national priorities.

Contact info

The GI is located on the West Ridge of the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus.

2156 Koyukuk Drive
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775

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