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Located about 16 miles north of downtown Ketchikan—the Salmon Capital of the World—the waterfront Salmon Falls Fishing Resort ...

A canoe, bottom right, glides on Mendenhall Lake, in front of the Mendenhall Glacier, on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Juneau, Alaska.

Mendenhall Glacier ... Alaska, which has a co-stewardship agreement with the Forest Service. Shawn Eisele directs Discovery Southeast, which brings nature and science education programs to Juneau ...

U.S. icebreakers serve to clear passages through icy waterways. Their reinforced hulls are designed to break apart the ice, ...

Lead carver Gordon Greenwald said the totem, or kootéeyaa, serves as a tribute to seiners, trollers, longliners, crabbers, ...

Today our contributor Karen of Alaska Trippers is sharing her family’s favorite things to do in Juneau with kids. The visit ...

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The disappearance of glaciers is not only leading to the creation of new fish habitat, but it's also creating opportunities ...

Nestled within the Tongass National Forest, Mendenhall Glacier is just one of the many glaciers that make up the Juneau Ice ...

Chunks of ice float on Mendenhall Lake in front of the Mendenhall Glacier on May 30, 2022, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer ... pictures stored away in drums in a warehouse and historical ...