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"I'd like to think I have the background to teach," Guy Carbonneau says. It wasn't that long ago that Canadiens owner George Gillett, fresh from a trip to Europe and only a couple of days away from a salmon fishing trip to Alaska, was on the telephone. The subject? The 2006-07 NHL season.
A bad storm in Alaska last October generated an ocean swell that broke apart a giant iceberg near Antarctica six days later, researchers reported yesterday.
Researchers aboard the Thomas G. Thompson study seals, plankton, birds and fish to measure the effects of global warming on the Bering Sea. They also struggle with seasickness, battle for research time — and get plenty to eat.
Chances are, you know the name of those bright red, candied orbs that ornament the summit of your favorite sundae, but what exactly is a maraschino cherry, and where on earth (or beyond) do they come from? If like me, you find the genealogy of food interesting, keep reading.
You might think Debbie Wilkerson would know better. A registered nurse, she has seen what happens when people do crazy things. So you might think she wouldn’t try crazy things herself.
The Coast Guard says two people abandoned a 58-foot fishing boat Thursday. The Coast Guard command center in Juneau picked up a mayday signal shortly after 4 a.m. from the Top Notch at Nichols Bay on the south end of Prince of Wales Island 50 miles south of Ketchikan.
Ask any area outdoorsman if they'd like to visit Alaska, and they're sure to say, "Yes." This northern state is a classic example of a great place to pursue almost any outdoor sport in an often spectacular setting of snow-capped mountains, rushing rivers and broad tundra or taiga.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A volcano believed by scientists to be dormant for the last 10,000 years has rumbled to life with a burst of ash, gas and steam, signs that an eruption could occur in the coming days or weeks, a joint state and federal agency said on Tuesday.
