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'Chasing Ice' is photographer's quest to prove climate change ★★★
"It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness" was a favorite Chinese proverb of the late "Peanuts" cartoonist Charles Schulz. Photographer James Balog must have taken that to heart as he noticed changes to the wild world he documents,...
Tags: Global Change, Weather, Arts, Entertainment, Chasing Ice (movie)
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'Fred' and the fuel hose, McMurdo, Antarctica 1968
The annual ice had been rotting for a while when the call came in. The fuel kings (the men who handled the fuel for our aircraft) had two sleds of four-inch fuel hose on the annual ice. Their work had been made much easier by pumping two shiploads of...Tags: Rubber Products Industry, Landforms
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JBER Releases Colony Glacier Mini Documentary
Channel 2 NewsJoint Base Elmendorf-Richardson released a mini-documentary last week on the Colony Glacier military plane crash that killed 52 people in 1952 and the crash site that was uncovered this past June of this year. JBER Historian Douglas Beckstead provides...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Air and Space Accidents, Landforms, Documentary (genre)
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Alaska Military Crash Wreckage Helps Florida Woman Find Closure
Channel 2 NewsTonja Anderson finally got as close as she could to her grandfather's final resting place after more than a decade of searching. Isaac Anderson was among 52 people who died when a Korean War era plane crashed into Mount Gannett nearly 60 years ago. ...Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), Transportation Accidents, Air and Space Accidents, Landforms, Air Transportation Industry
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Matanuska Glacier, A Day Full of Surprises
Channel 2, KTUUThe Matanuska Glacier is one of the oldest accessible glacial formations accessible in the United States. Located just 2 hours by car, northeast of Anchorage, it is one of Alaska’s most visited natural treasures. The magnificent river of ice is...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Landforms, Travel
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Governor Declares Disaster As Southcentral Flooding Continues
Channel 2 NewsTalkeetna officials called for evacuations in the face of major flooding Friday, the most serious crisis in a day that saw the city of Seward recovering from Thursday flooding, Matanuska River waters rising in Butte and Gov. Sean Parnell declaring a...Tags: Railway Transportation, Transportation Accidents, Government, Air and Space Accidents, Bodies of Water
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Seward Reports Evacuations, Outages, Road Closures Thursday
Channel 2 NewsSeward officials reported continuing evacuations, power outages and road closures Thursday, in the wake of widespread flooding due to heavy rains that caused the city to declare a state of emergency Wednesday. In a flooding update Thursday morning,...Tags: Landforms, Highway Transportation, Weather Warnings
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From The Boathouse: More stories from the Last Frontier
Ahoy! I have returned after cruising for a week aboard the Princess Cruises' Star Princess on my radio station's Alaskan cruise this week. As I mentioned last week, CRN Digital Talk Radio, which syndicates my "Boathouse Radio Show," hosted a murder...
Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Entertainment, Talk Shows (genre), Cruise Line Ports, Murder
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Gracie Gold looking to step up again
A year ago, Gracie Gold began the figure skating season in total anonymity. One disastrous result in the fall of 2010 had relegated her to the sport’s remainder bin. People stopped believing in her, and Gold stopped believing in herself until...
Tags: Justice System, 2014 Winter Olympic Games, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Ice Skating, Psychologists
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From The Boathouse: Onboard a cruise ship to the Last Frontier
Ahoy from aboard the Princess Cruises' Star Princess while I am enjoying my radio station's Alaskan cruise this week. CRN Digital Talk Radio, which syndicates my "Boathouse Radio Show," is hosting a murder mystery cruise. My wife and I could not miss the...
Tags: Oysters, Radio Industry, John Wayne, Radio, Landforms
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Possible Military Aircraft Debris Discovered in Knik Glacier Area
Channel 2 NewsPossible military aircraft debris, along with material that may be bone fragments, has been discovered in the Knik Glacier area according to the Alaskan Command. Alaska Army National Guardsmen on board a UH-60 Blackhawk flying a routine training...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Air and Space Accidents, Disasters and Accidents, Military Equipment, Landforms
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Multiple Vessels Rescue Sightseeing Boat in Glacier Bay
Three separate vessels responded to a cruise ship that was taking on water in Glacier Bay on Sunday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard, the National Park Service and the Holland America cruise ship Volendam came to the aid of the 79-foot...
Tags: Landforms, National Parks
Nov 15, 2012
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Oct 15, 2012
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Oct 8, 2012
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Sep 20, 2012
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Sep 13, 2012
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Sep 13, 2012
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Jun 14, 2012
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Aug 19, 2012
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