Shutterstock “America’s Last Frontier” is the perfect description for Alaska. The state has some of the most untamed ...

“It’s amazing to do the math and try to remember what was happening in the world back in 1825, when those snowflakes were ...

Seeing more destinations while unpacking only once and eating like a king are among the draws on cruise ships.

A 16-year-old from Juneau died early Monday after a shooting between vehicles in the Mendenhall Valley, police said. The male teen, who was not identified, was shot by another driver after pointing a ...

A group of Ohio State researchers are at the forefront of glacier preservation efforts and have been for decades.

Five towering totem poles will soon be placed at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center, representing Tlingit & Haida clans.

Winter in Alaska has waterfalls frozen mid-cascade, ice caves so blue they look unreal, and lakes so clear you can skate ...

Back at home, researchers are trying to learn more about how and why a glacier in Juneau causes repeated flooding. Your ...

After two consecutive years when meltwaters burst out of a basin on Juneau’s Mendenhall Glacier and devastated neighborhoods ...

A federal grant of nearly $1 million will be used to better understand the glacier outbursts that have caused historic ...

In Juneau I tog up in waterproof coat, trousers and gloves and set out on a bike ride along roads and through forest – about 8.5 miles in all – to the mighty Mendenhall Glacier. It’s wet and windy, ...

Studying the shape of Suicide Basin and how it changes could give researchers a better sense of how much water could be released each year, and potentially how quickly.