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I Went to the Woods: No time like the present
The end of my line thrashed back and forth at the surface, throwing water in every direction. But…
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On the Trails: Wood ducks
Wood ducks nest seasonally in forested areas across North America from coast to coast in southern Canada and…
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I Went to the Woods: The theater is over, let the work begin
The election is over. It’s time to catch our collective breath and re-enter reality.
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Alaska Science Forum: Geologic hydrogen may be an answer
The internal combustion engine is less than 100 years old. Same for the technologies we have developed to…
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Alaska Science Forum: The recent history of a black rock
In June of 1867 — a few months before Alaska would become part of the United States with…
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Alaska Science Forum: Treasures found within a volcanic cave
Ben Jones suspected he had found something special when he squeezed into a volcanic cave and saw pale…
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On the Trails: Spring is really happening
A spate of fine, sunny weather in mid-April was most welcome. Those clear skies, however, meant that the…
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Alaska Science Forum: Number of Alaska glaciers is everchanging
A glaciologist once wrote that the number of glaciers in Alaska “is estimated at (greater than) 100,000.” That…
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Alaska Science Forum: Siberian tiger takes final rest at museum
It’s a safe bet that Aren Gunderson’s Toyota Tundra is the only one in Fairbanks that has had…
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Alaska Science Forum: Long winter bike ride aided by naps
If you could have read that frost-covered fat-biker’s mind as he rolled toward McGrath, Alaska, “as if Velcroed…
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I Went to the Woods: The future of fish
The Forest Service cabin was a sauna so I went outside, stood at the edge of the lake…
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Alaska Science Forum: Boreal owls perform by daylight
On these March nights, a male boreal owl has been singing from a wooden owl box near our…
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On the Trails: Animal tracks and pine grosbeaks
February had an extra day this year, a cold and gusty one. Those gusts were enough to knock…
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Alaska Science Forum: Ice fog not often a part of northern life
An old friend — a character not seen in these parts for a few years — showed up…
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I Went to the Woods: Math meets guts
I found myself emotionally involved Sunday and felt the pending demise of the Detroit Lions with every dropped…
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Alaska Science Forum: Magma found beneath volcano-less country
For years, scientists have wondered why North America’s highest mountain is not a volcano. All the ingredients for…
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Alaska Science Forum: On the ancient trail of a woolly mammoth
The female woolly mammoth was 20 years old when she stumbled amid the grasslands. She fell in a…
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I Went to the Woods: The problem with caricatures
While people are usually up for a good fight, things seem to get particularly heated this time of…