ANCHORAGE (AP) — The Alaska Volcano Observatory plans to improve its monitoring system this year after the coronavirus pandemic delayed the changes last year.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska The Alaska Volcano Observatory plans to improve its monitoring system this year after the coronavirus pandemic delayed the changes last year. The observatory hopes to finish required work to convert its volcanic monitoring stations from older analog technology to modernized digital sensors and telemetry, KTUU-TV reported Tuesday. “We’re in the middle of […]
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Seal oil gets OK for Alaska elders
Traditional food was not allowed in care facilities
MARK THIESSEN | Associated Press
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Seal oil has been a staple in the diet of Alaska s Inupiat for generations.
The oil – ever-present in households dotting Alaska coastlines – is used mainly as a dipping sauce for fish, caribou and musk ox. It s also used to flavor stews and even eaten alone.
But when Inupiat elders entered nursing homes, they were cut off from the comfort food. State regulations didn t allow seal oil because it s among traditionally prepared Alaska Native foods that have been associated with the state s high rate of botulism, which can cause illness or death.
Mystery of Alaska s dancing power wires revealed February 18th |
On these quiet, still days, as winter plods on, Alaskans tend to notice any movement outside their windows, such as dancing power wires strung between poles.
The answer as to why the wires bounce is in Neil Davis Alaska Science Nuggets.
First, though, a refresher on that book a compilation of 400 of these columns and why you are reading this right now.
Neil Davis was a do-all scientist at UAF s Geophysical Institute from the 1960s to the 1980s. He started this column in 1976 at the urging of a newspaper editor.
Davis wrote hundreds of the columns, which the Geophysical Institute has distributed free to newspapers. Other writers took over the column from Davis, who died in 2016. I am the latest in that line, having started in fall of 1994. The directors of the Geophysical Institute have supported the column since its beginning.