Bruce Wright

OPINION: Harmful algal blooms -- and the increased threat of paralytic shellfish poisoning -- should have Alaskans finding ways to protect subsistence consumers.

Summer solstice shocker: Massive Pacific sleeper shark spotted in Alaska's King Cove Lagoon. Could it be another clue behind the identity of Alaska's legendary Lake Iliamna monster?

If sleep sharks turn out to be the culprits described as monsters in Loch Ness and Lake Iliamna, their somewhat ho-hum reputation based, in part, on their uninspiring name may be due for an update.

With climate change reducing Arctic ice, Aleut and Pribilof people will find themselves living at the crossroads of two shipping lanes -- the Great Circle route to Asia and the fabled Northwest Passage. It also means we will be increasingly exposed to unprecedented levels of virtually unregulated emissions.