Discovery Channel reports 'Deadliest Catch' captain dies

A spokesman for The Discovery Channel said the captain of the "Deadliest Catch" fishing vessel Cornelia Marie has died.

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Alaska's largest glacier is once again surging

"What in the world is Bering doing?" a woman said when she looked at Chris Larsen's photograph of the buckled back of Alaska's largest glacier.

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Bitter '64 weather may have wiped out herd

Six thousand reindeer once lived on a remote island in the Bering Sea that was briefly their paradise. In what has become a classic story of wildlife boom and bust, no reindeer live on St. Matthew Island now.

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News of the north from San Francisco meeting

In mid-December 2009, a few dozen Alaska scientists were part of the crowd that attended the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco. I was there too. I didn't make it to all 15,788 posters and presentations, but here are some highlights from the notebook:

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Arctic haze decline may be tied to less Russian smelting

Arctic haze, a blob of dirty air that fuzzes up Alaska views in springtime, seems to be losing its punch.

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Dog noses continue to impress; more on hummingbirds

An article about the wonders of a dog's nose prompted a message about an example of that fine tool at work in Alaska. Jeff Smeenk of the University of Alaska Fairbanks' Palmer Research Center shared a story of two dogs that found both of his daughters as they were hiding in a grassy field.

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Quiet time on the sun stalls viewing of the aurora

It's a slow season for aurora watchers, due to an extra-long quiet period on the great aurora generator -- and all-around giver of life -- the sun.

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Permafrost near equator; hummingbirds near subarctic

Scientist and explorer Kenji Yoshikawa found permafrost on Mount Kilimanjaro, a volcano in Tanzania.

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When it comes to sense of smell, dogs rule

A dog can tell you a lot about the outdoors. When a Lab vacuums the ground with her nose and her tail moves like a helicopter blade, you know a grouse is about to fly.

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