History, Other
Local Archaeological Find
History, Other
Tanana Moon Calendar
Land, Other
Rock Dilatancy
History, Other
Mammoths and Mastodons
History, Other
Views of Alaska
Humans, Other
Cold Trap Entrance
Air, Other
Fall Aurora
Other, Other
Tornado Power
Water, Other
Glaciers Advancing or Retreating?
Plants, Other
Fast-Growing Trees
Plants, Other
Fire of Life
History, Other
Searching for Archaeological Sites
Plants, Other
Growing Willows From Seed
History, Other
College Man
Air, Other
Tornadoes
Land, Other
1816, Year Without Summer
Plants, Other
Fairy Rings
History, Other
Man--The Deadly Killer

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

We acknowledge the Alaska Native nations upon whose ancestral lands our campuses reside. In Fairbanks, our Troth Yeddha' Campus is located on the ancestral lands of the Dena people of the lower Tanana River.

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