Ten-part series from Tour of Anchorage champion Holly Brooks.
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Interested people are needed to participate in a one-year study to assess the effects of long dark winters on the vitamin D and calcium levels of Fairbanks residents.
New books of interest to Alaskans
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New tests don't jibe with maps
In 2007 Sandy Zirnheld flew the length of Hubbard Glacier with pilot Paul Claus, using a laser altimetry system to see how much the glacier had thinned in the last few years. After a successful flight along Hubbard Glacier, Claus suggested they fly over Mount Logan on their way back to his landing strip in the Wrangell Mountains.
New books of interest to Alaskans
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Satellites track swan migrations
A couple of weeks ago, at a time I assumed most migrating birds were long gone, a flock of swans flew overhead in a formation that resembled a check-mark headed out of Alaska. As the birds silently wafted out of sight, I wondered where they might be headed.
New books of interest to Alaskans
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When she began studying snowshoe hares in the foothills of the Brooks Range 12 years ago, Donna DiFolco heard something new from Wiseman local Jack Reakoff.
New books of interest to Alaskans
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Civil War arrived in Alaska -- a bit late
About 150 years ago, a few days after summer solstice, the gray skies above the Diomede Islands were heavy with smoke from whaling ships set ablaze by Confederate sailors who didn't know the Civil War had ended.
New books of interest to Alaskans
New postage stamp marks Alaska statehood
New postage announced for the coming year included commemorative stamps marking Alaska and Oregon statehood, lunar new year -- the year of the Ox -- and a postal card marking the bicentennial of Miami University of Ohio.
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Taste tests might spur more oil in pink salmon cans
A steady flow of twenty-somethings wearing jeans and backpacks entered a room that smelled slightly of fish. They sat down in front of paper plates holding three helpings of pink salmon. The crowd -- mostly college students -- had responded to a sign outside: "Do you like to eat fish?"
New books of interest to Alaskans
Plummeting toward Earth, meteors spark Alaska light show
Want to wish upon a falling star? You might be able to do so this morning as Earth makes its regularly scheduled pass through the heart of the Orionid meteor belt, the celestial residue of Halley's comet.
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Where are Alaska bats in winter?
Eileen Weatherby of Fairbanks wrote in mid-September that her cat carried in a surprise one morning. Instead of the usual vole, her cat had captured a bat.
New books of interest to Alaskans
New books of interest to Alaskans
Lab studied northern conditions
"Rectal Temperature of the Working Sled Dog."
Nancy Lord named state writer laureate
Author Nancy Lord of Homer has been selected as the new Alaska writer laureate.
New books of interest to Alaskans
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Intriguing tidbits from a science conference
Some notes from the pad, scribbled during the 2008 Arctic Science Conference held in Fairbanks Sept. 15-17:
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Whether it's a massive spread of food or just hanging with family and friends, share your turkey day photos.
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If you are participating in a Southcentral Alaska holiday bazaar, post a photo of your craft.
VIDEO
"The Lion King" musical is coming to town.
PHOTOS
A new production of "Carmen" casts the opera in a fresh light.
SLIDE SHOW
Inside the gym at the Providence Cancer Center.
Scientists see blasted, ash-dusted new Okmok
Whither the ice worms? Team offers up a bounty
Alaska bird population has unique strategies
Rat Island may be due for a name change
Alaskans get attention in New York and Los Angeles
Mortgage is paid on flood control work in Fairbanks
Experts seek out the coldest ice worms
140-year-old ship artifacts surface near Homer
Engineers conquered permafrost
Northerners may be prone to diabetes
Roaring 80s, 90s are long overdue
Fatal strain of bird flu fails to land in Alaska
Forces of change grind it out at Yakutat
Nurturing mosquitoes for the sake of humanity
Film documents story of the revival of Alutiiq dance
Prehistoric Alaska bred super-sized carnivores
'Little people' e-mail zips through rural Alaska
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