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  1. Ghost towns scattered across Alaska map - Geophysical Institute

    Oct 13, 2016 · There are at least 100 abandoned settlements in Alaska. That's the number Beth Mikow figured as she wrote her master's thesis for UAF in 2010. Mikow, who now works for …

  2. Abandoned Cold War Radar Stations in Alaska

    Dec 8, 2010 · On windy, cold nights a few decades ago, men in darkened rooms north of the Arctic Circle spent their evenings watching radar screens.

  3. Rock redwoods in Sutton, stone bird tracks in Denali

    Feb 10, 2011 · A few years ago, Chris Williams found a big tree on the grounds of an abandoned coal mine in Sutton, Alaska. It was six feet in diameter, stood more than 110 feet above the …

  4. Ghost ship artifacts emerge in museum | Geophysical Institute

    Mar 24, 2016 · The captain and crew abandoned the ship, which carried furs from Canadian trappers and a variety of other cargo. Following the ice's capture of the Baychimo, the captain …

  5. Bus 142 to embark on final journey - Geophysical Institute

    Oct 28, 2021 · Over the years, the abandoned bus hosted hunters, trappers and wanderers who happened upon the rain-and-bear resistant shelter just north of Denali National Park and …

  6. When Reindeer Paradise Turned to Purgatory - Geophysical Institute

    Nov 13, 2003 · During World War II, while trying to stock a remote island in the Bering Sea with an emergency food source, the U.S.

  7. Bitter weather may have wiped out reindeer | Geophysical Institute

    Jan 7, 2010 · Biologist Dave Klein first stepped on the island in 1957, 13 years after the Coast Guard had abandoned it. Klein, 82, now a professor emeritus for the University of Alaska …

  8. The Coldest Place in North America - Geophysical Institute

    On January 23, 1971, weather observers at Prospect Creek, a pipeline camp 25 miles southeast of Bettles, recorded Alaska's all-time low of 80 below zero. The temperature at Snag was …

  9. "Abandoned" buildings | Cyburbia | urban planning, placemaking, …

    May 23, 2007 · We are re-writeing the zoning code for a 260 year old 25,000 population Southern town with only a 50 year zoning history. In reviewing existing codes, we found a lengty …

  10. Giant Chinese Dam May Cause Earth to Move | Geophysical Institute

    Nov 10, 1999 · As the water rises, it will drown more than 1,400 rural towns and villages abandoned earlier by government decree. The water rising behind the dam will power 26 huge …