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Microplastics low and high in Alaska - Alaska Native News

Microplastics low and high in Alaska

Two University of Alaska Fairbanks students are making their way up Denali while sampling for microplastics within the snow covering the 20,310-foot mountain. One of them, Matthew Crisafi-Lurtsema, has been

Microplastics low and high in Alaska

Two University of Alaska Fairbanks students are making their way up Denali while sampling for microplastics within the snow covering the 20,310-foot mountain. One of them, Matthew Crisafi-Lurtsema, has been

Discovering microplastics in Alaska, from the highest mountain to pristine waterways across the state

A study sampling microplastics across the state is discovering where they are the most concentrated, with some clues as to why.

BLM unveils proposed limits for Castner Glacier area

Some of the proposed restrictions include banning drones, fires, fireworks, carving or otherwise defacing the ice, large artificial light sources, and ice climbing.

BLM eyes recreation management plan for Castner Glacier

The 4,695-acre Castner Glacier area could become a managed recreation area under the Bureau of Land Management.

ALASKA DOT&PF RICHARDSON WASHOUT RESPONSE

The Castner Glacier ice cave is collapsing and gushing meltwater

Castner Glacier ice cave gushing meltwater as it slowly collapses

The Castner Glacier ice cave off the Richardson Highway near Black Rapids attracts some says 8,000 people annually. But federal officials and a University of Alaska professor are advising hikers to be careful around the ice cave, because it’s gushing meltwater and slowly collapsing.

Light at the End of the Tunnel

Light at the End of the Tunnel Perhaps there will be a world like the one we already envisioned, one in which glaciers and kindness, wildness and refuge, pikas and civil liberties, can survive. Michael Engelhard December 18, 2020 I step from the truck among 20 other cars, and mean Arctic wind knifes me within seconds. Weather always funnels like tides through this bottleneck, one of few gaps in the Alaska Range. My brow hurts with an ice-cream headache, and my hands are dead trout. I forgot the down jacket and borrow flowery fleece from a friend who drove an hour from Fairbanks with her family in their vehicle. I’m now wearing socks inside mitts and a skimpy hat atop bulky upper layers, which, in the truck window’s reflection, makes me look pinheaded and fashion-challenged.