Scientists have had their eye on an Alaskan lake, watching an island suddenly emerge, largely as the strange result of the ...

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve recently announced it is now conducting random inspections of large cruise ships to ensure environmental compliance among the few vessels entering its highly ...

Cruise ship approaches Margerie Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park. (NPS) Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Southeast Alaska started its own cruise ship monitoring program this July. Cruise ...

As Alaska cruises continue to surge in popularity, travelers seeking adventurous journeys in the Great Land are spoiled for choice. Not only are cruise lines sending more ships to Alaska, they’re ...

In the remote glacial fjords of the Alaskan coast, one part-time resident is helping scientists better understand the ...

Visiting zoos and aquariums can make that connection to wild animals, but immersing oneself in their natural habitats in the vast and pristine wilderness is even better. That's what we discovered when ...

GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK, Alaska – A giant, hollow breath, deep as a crevasse, breaks the predawn quiet. Just off the lip of the shallow, rocky beach where my tent is pitched, a 40-ton behemoth is ...

The extensive global network of Furuno service centers, subsidiaries and distributors was one of the reasons that Holland America Line (HAL) chose Furuno when it was time to retrofit their cruise ...

A January visit to Alaska – one featuring ice fishing, dog mushing and chasing the Northern Lights 70 miles above the Arctic Circle – only whetted my appetite for another slice. In particular, I ...

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, Vol. 48, No. 2 (May 2016), pp. 253-261 (9 pages) Calendar dating of tree-ring series from 16 logs sampled near the margin of Casement Glacier combined with tree ...

GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK, Alaska >> A giant, hollow breath, deep as a crevasse, breaks the predawn quiet. Just off the lip of the shallow, rocky beach where my tent is pitched, a 40-ton behemoth is ...