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'River Piracy' Phenomenon Set to Steal Alaskan River, Scientists Predict 6 MAY 2021 River piracy, also known as stream capture, happens when melting glaciers divert the path of a river. Due to our warming planet, a major Alaskan river is under threat of being redirected in this way – stealing an essential source of water away from the ecosystems and people that rely on it.   The threatened waterway is the Alsek River, flowing down from the St Elias mountain range in Canada, to Dry Bay in Alaska. Before it reaches the Pacific Ocean, it passes through Alsek Lake. Alsek Lake is separated f...

Print article The Alsek, a world-class rafting river that flows into the Gulf of Alaska from its headwaters in Canada, may soon abandon the lower part of its drainage for a steeper one 15 miles away. The Alsek River starts in the Yukon Territory, flows through British Columbia and then on to Dry Bay in Alaska. It is a rare northern river that cuts from the interior of the continent through rugged mountains to the coast. The re-route of the Alsek River’s ocean connection will be due to the extreme melt of Grand Plateau Glacier, which acts like a cork that prevents the Alsek from following...

The Alsek, a world-class rafting river that flows into the Gulf of Alaska from its headwaters in Canada, may soon abandon the lower part of its drainage for a steeper one 15 miles away.  The Alsek River starts in the Yukon Territory, flows through British Columbia and then on to Dry Bay in Alaska. It is a rare northern river that cuts from the interior of the continent through rugged mountains to the coast. The re-route of the Alsek River’s ocean connection will be due to the extreme melt of Grand Plateau Glacier, which acts like a cork that prevents the Alsek from following a faster ...

Daniel Wood Has Months to Live. So the Writer Sent out a Funny Postcard It’s typical of the acclaimed journalist who’s made Vancouver his base for a world of stories. Heather Pringle has written four books and many hundreds of magazine articles for publications as diverse as National Geographic, Scientific American and Discover magazine. Based in Victoria, she is an editor emerita at Hakai magazine. SHARES ‘On a journey among Mongolia’s nomads in the Khoridol Saridag mountains,’ says Daniel Wood, ‘I met Dagjii, his encampment surrounded by domesticated...