The Stikine River delta near town offers some of the best wildlife viewing in Southeast Alaska, with massive gatherings of bald eagles and one of the largest springtime concentrations of migrating ...

Glacial earthquakes are rocking the Doomsday Glacier in Antarctica. Glacial earthquakes are a special type of earthquake ...

The Exit Glacier area offers the only road access into the park, where even casual visitors can walk right up to the face of a glacier – a rare opportunity to get up close and personal with a massive ...

A journey through crushing sea ice, polar research stations and wildlife encounters reveals the Arctic in all its stark ...

Due to its thick, vast ice sheet, Antarctica appears to be a single, continuous landmass centered over the South Pole and spanning both hemispheres of the globe. The Western Hemisphere sector of the ...

Researchers in Greenland used a 10-kilometer fiber-optic cable to track how iceberg calving stirs up warm seawater. The resulting surface tsunamis and massive hidden underwater waves intensify melting ...

The calving was so drastic that it caused measurable earthquakes in the region. An Antarctic glacier has experienced a rapid retreat 10 times faster than previously measured, according to new research ...

Officials on Tuesday urged residents in some parts of Juneau to evacuate ahead of what could be a record surge of floodwater after a huge upstream basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s ...

Abstract: Glacier calving fronts are play a vital role in understanding glacier behavior and their impact on sea-level rise. In this work, proposed a novel approach for mapping calving fronts in ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A retreating glacier revealed a new island in Alaska this summer, as lake water filled in to surround a land mass once hugged by ice. Save money, get organized, live better: ...