
Columbia Glacier Retreating - Geophysical Institute
May 22, 2025 · Columbia Glacier, located about 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of Valdez near the epicenter of the great 1964 earthquake, is rapidly losing its battle for survival. It is the last of …
The Columbia Glacier - Geophysical Institute
Jun 12, 2025 · The Columbia Glacier is one of Alaska's better known tidewater glaciers, both from the standpoint of tourist attraction and the model it provides for scientific investigation. In 1973 …
The Alaska-Canada Boundary - Geophysical Institute
The Alaska-Canada boundary was originally established in February 1825 by Russia (then owner of Alaska) and Great Britain (then owner of Canada).
Alaska Glaciers Show Dramatic Melting - Geophysical Institute
Dec 12, 2001 · Columbia Glacier in Prince William Sound and Bering Glacier in the St. Elias Mountains are two glaciers losing ice at an alarming rate: during the past decade, Columbia …
The Unknown Legacy of Alaska's Atomic Tests
Jan 18, 2001 · The big daddy came in 1971. Project Cannikin was a 5-megaton explosion that inspired the formation of the group Greenpeace, a group of environmentalists from British …
The Shuttle Red Aurora - Geophysical Institute
Apr 12, 1981 · Records taken at Fairbanks indicate that this unusual aurora actually began the night before the launching of the shuttle Columbia. An unusually large magnetic storm, the …
Alaska's Size in Perspective | Geophysical Institute
Sep 2, 1998 · Ten states are smaller than the area covered by glaciers in Alaska. If glaciers of the adjacent Yukon Territory and British Columbia that connect to Alaska's ice fields (often …
Northern Tree Habitats - Geophysical Institute
Jun 12, 2025 · To answer this question, seedlings were obtained from different locations in western Canada and planted at the Boreal Arboretum at the University of Alaska. After the first …
Messages in a Raven Rattle - Geophysical Institute
Jun 12, 2025 · Note the face with recurved beak on the raven's stomach (Raven Rattle No. A2467, University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology). × The first raven rattle …
The Mechanics Of Rock-Skipping - Geophysical Institute
Although my research in the Nevada desert predated Dr. Wright's observations in the 1957 Scientific American, it is only fair that he be given credit for bringing the problem to the …