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NED ROZELL
While hiking a hillside in Denali National Park last July, Steve Hasiotis bent down and picked up a rock. Its curious shape, like a plaster cast of a giant bird track, made him ponder the rock for a second before handing it to Tony Fiorillo. Fiorillo looked at it and confirmed they had found a missing piece of Alaska during the time of the dinosaurs.
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ALASKA MASTERS
3 generations of artists connect Stone Age to Internet Age
Pete Lind Sr. sets the standard for making practical and elegant Alutiiq hunting visors eagerly sought by collectors and museums around the world.
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Scientist kills polar bear during first field experience
Bob McNabb, 23, is just beginning what may be a long career studying glaciers. No matter how many seasons he spends on ice, he will probably never have a field experience like his first.
New books of interest to Alaskans
New books of interest to Alaskans
NED ROZELL
Stampede Trail has a story of permafrost's warming potential
Each fall beginning in the early 1970s -- decades before the actions of Christopher McCandless made a gravel road in central Alaska the setting of a bestselling book and movie -- Tom Osterkamp was driving the Stampede Trail near Healy to reach his favorite moose-hunting areas.
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Neighbors question parks' plans for Wickersham House
State parks officials plan tree cutting and expansion of parking at the former home of James Wickersham in Juneau but neighbors question whether planned changes will improve the historic site.
Group lists state's at-risk historic sites
The Community Hall on St. George Island is Alaska's most endangered property.
AROUND ALASKA
Last living territorial governor honored at UAF
Now a sprightly 90 years old, Alaska's penultimate territorial governor is a major reason why Alaska became a state. When he was appointed to the position the prospect of statehood remained uncertain.
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Scientist finds fungus gnats survive winter half-frozen
A few winters ago, Todd Sformo was out gathering hibernating insects from the woods near the Fairbanks International Airport. He searched for dead balsam poplar trees, looking for a beetle that spends its winters under the loose bark, exposed to the frigid air.
New books of interest to Alaskans
New books of interest to Alaskans
Museum re-opens with free admission Saturday
Saturday the public will get its first look at the radically enlarged, remodeled and re-envisioned Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center.
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Raven researcher, author studies birds' society
Some people are great runners. Some people write good books. Some follow their curiosity to figure out something no one else has.
New books of interest to Alaskans
Alaska traveler takes ice classic idea back to New York
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then the folks who run the Nenana Ice Classic should be feeling pretty good right now.
Project to restore Fairbanks cabin
Efforts are under way to restore a cabin that sits at its original location near the Chena River in downtown Fairbanks.
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Springtime smoke in Siberia is our arctic haze
Arctic haze is a blob of air pollution that sloshes over the northern cap of the planet in springtime.
New books of interest to Alaskans
PHOTOS
Three generations of Linds make Alutiiq hunting visors for collectors and museums.
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PHOTOS
View photos pulled from our archive of Alaska's most nationally recognized and covered governor, not named Palin.
Tiny barbarians keep human population down
White creatures change with the season, maybe climate
Digging for clues on Denali Fault to predict future quakes
Keeping oil flowing to the US is expensive
Prindle is the loneliest volcano in the state
Snowshoe hare's brief life studied
Forty-five years since the big one
Big industry meets small fishing town
Student locates segregated compound on WWII map
Observations still enthrall 100 years later
Researchers study hibernating bears for clues to osteoporosis
Northern life endures midwinter's wacky thaw
Surprising facts from a gathering of scientists
Alaska's crumbling northern coastline
Gold worth more than you think
The rigors of research in the cold
WWII wreck part of new national monument
DNA tracks ancient Alaskan's descendants
Dog's nose a marvel of sensitivity
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