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Solar storm forecasted to hit Earth on WEDNESDAY: ‘Hole’ in the sun is enhancing solar winds that could weaken power grids and bring stunning auroras to northern regions A coronal hole on the sun’s face is enhancing solar winds that are heading toward Earth This has sparked a warning for a minor G1-class geomagnetic storm … Read more
An Iditarod sled dog that escaped during this year’s race in Alaska has been found alive and healthy three months later after covering 150 miles. The dog, called Leon, was a a part of French musher Sebastien Dos Santos Borges’ team, and got loose while the team was camped out at a checkpoint in the town … Read more
‘This is the boarding queue for the flight to Alaska, not Atlanta’: My life as a visually impaired travel writer – and the case for everything being a bit bigger, please… Visually impaired travel writer Rob Crossan wants travel to be super-sized He reveals how he struggles to read seat numbers, menus and info screens … Read more
Spring Breakers faced travel misery when they were left stranded for hours over the weekend as thousands of flights were canceled in the U.S. – some due to bad weather while some Southwest flights were grounded because of tech issues. More than 3,500 U.S. flights were canceled this weekend, according to FlightAware, a website that tracks … Read more
‘Please help me, my parents don’t have food or money to raise me’: Baby is found abandoned in cardboard box in Alaska on a frigid New Year’s Eve with a note begging for ‘a loving family’ Roxy Lane found baby Teshawn outside a row of mailboxes by her Fairbanks home around 2pm on December 31 … Read more
An elderly brown bear has been crowned the winner of Fat Bear Week, beating out 11 younger contestants to take the title as he won over fans with his tale of overcoming obstacles. Otis, otherwise known as Bear 480 at Alaska’s Katmai National Park, took home the title of the fattest bear at the park on … Read more
Now that’s a whopper! Six-year-old boy catches his first fish – and it’s as big as him Drayden Nelson was ice fishing with his family on the Kotzebue Sound in Alaska The six-year-old made his first catch while fishing through a hole in the ice His father Stephen helped Drayden land the giant fish which … Read more
No selfless act! People are more likely to donate money to charity if they think they’re benefitting THEMSELVES, study finds Researchers implemented a ‘statewide natural field experiment’ in Alaska, US They worded postcard adverts for charitable donations in two different ways The one that emphasised selfish benefits was best at getting people to donate By Jonathan Chadwick For … Read more
Alaska’s melting glaciers may have set the stage for a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in 1958 that triggered a massive avalanche of about 90 million tons of rock down into the narrow inlet of Lituya Bay. A new study from the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute found ice loss has influenced the timing and location … Read more
Alaska’s melting glaciers may have set the stage for a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in 1958 that triggered a massive avalanche of about 90 million tons of rock down into the narrow inlet of Lituya Bay. A new study from the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute found ice loss has influenced the timing and location … Read more