A Conversation With Blair Braverman, Author of ‘Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube’
Two writers with roots in Alaska talk landscape, identity, survival, and the problem with the term alpha male.
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How the Fairbanks Four Finally Found Freedom
George Frese, Kevin Pease, Marvin Roberts, and Eugene Vent — better known as the Fairbanks Four—spent 18 years in prison for a murder they didn’t commit. On the anniversary of the crime, a look at how their incarceration exposed the deep racial divides within the local community.
The Part We Play in—Not Just on—Our Environment
A study of ancient inhabitants of Sanak Island, Alaska, points to a new understanding of our impact on the natural world.
How Do You Take Down Two Tons of Blubber and Tusks?
As warmer summers melt the Arctic, Pacific walruses have to work a lot harder to reach their seafloor feasts.
How Juneau Handles Its Garbage
Alaska's capital city is surrounded by ocean and glaciers, with no roads in or out. Waste management? It's complicated.
How to Build an Ice Road
In the Northwest Territories, remote towns depend on their frozen highways.
Is a Warming World to Blame for the Syrian Refugee Crisis?
Experts say climate change will be a growing driver of global migration like the Syrian exodus into Europe.
Shell’s Big Back-Down
The oil giant announced that there simply isn't enough oil and natural gas to warrant any more drilling.
Letters to Prison
In 1989 in Fairbanks, Alaska, Byran Perotti killed Johnny Jackson in cold blood. The community's silence around the murder compounded the shock of the crime itself.
Can We Handle an Arctic Oil Spill?
Drilling in the Arctic has just begun, but when it comes to the science of safety, it turns out there are still a lot of unknowns.