A renewed battle over water rights is just the latest hurdle for a Canadian mining firm hoping to develop a massive copper-gold-molybdenum deposit in Southwest Alaska.
The water slapped gently against the side of our sea kayaks as we paddled out from Skull Cove in the early morning sunshine in search of grey whales. They make an annual commute which starts 3,000 miles away in Mexico's Baja California and ends somewhere inside the Arctic Circle.
FOR much of the year, Chignick, a small community in the southwestern corner of Alaska, is home to only 60 or 70 people. But from May to September, the population swells to 10 times that number as the salmon season gets under way.
By Leonard Doyle The water slapped gently against the side of our sea kayaks as we paddled out from Skull Cove in the early morning sunshine in search of grey whales.
The last cruise ship may have come and left Whitter's port, but that doesn't mean Whittier is in winter-ghost-town-mode yet. With the tourists out of the way, Whittier businesses can now focus on their fall revenue and the local fishermen that bring it.
Today in Anchorage, Alaska, international researchers will convene to discuss the use of the latest advances in genetic analysis technology to address the conservation and management of wild salmon in the Pacific Ocean.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Lauren Padawer's inspiration for a beauty product made of glacial mud struck during a grungy rafting trip down the Copper River. After days of paddling in south central Alaska, Padawer and her companions needed to get clean.
Creation of a citizens council to act as a watchdog over North Slope oil fields is an idea that seems to be gaining momentum in Alaska and in Washington, D.C.
KAKE, Alaska - The water in Keku Straits is a black pearl, the kayak a diamond blade under which that perfect jewel created by the Alaskan dusk is cut. The rippling wake silently stretches out for hundreds of feet until it meets the real wave-makers.
