The Alaska Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation, Office of Boating Safety, announces a meeting of the Alaska Boating Safety Advisory Council (ABSAC) On Monday, December 5, 2011 beginning at 10:00 a.m. at the Atwood Building, 550 West 7th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska, on the 12th floor in Suite 1270. This meeting is open to the [...]
A Women who went to Alaska details two astonishing trips made by May Kellogg Sullivan to the gold fields of the Yukon and Alaska Territories in the 1900′s. A true survivor, Sullivan stakes mining claims, works at menial jobs and experiences life with native people of the region. The very presence of women in the [...]
In closing hours of the Bush Administration, new National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directives were issued that address arctic region policy for the United States. A key statement found in the documents reinforces the notion that the United States is an Arctic nation.
Fresh Alaska seafood is probably one of the best reasons to live in the Great Land and Pacific halibut is a regional favorite. Locals become especially spoiled with the availability of fresh caught fish and the remarkable difference it holds over the frozen product. There are many ways to prepare halibut. Throwing a thick steak [...]
The Alaska Clean Harbors Certification Program offers guidance to harbormasters and marina managers on how to operate their mooring facilities in an eco-friendly way.
On December 23, 2009, Crowley Maritime Corporation’s tugboat Pathfinder was serving as an ice scout vessel in Prince William Sound. At about 6:18 pm that evening, the 136-foot vessel ran aground on Bligh Reef, the same reef on which the Exxon Valdez grounded twenty years earlier. The Coast Guard’s official report on the Pathfinder incident, released in May of this year, lists a number of factors that contributed to the event. At the root of these factors lies a story of inattention and complacency on the part of the tug’s master and crew, resulting in their failure to follow standard procedures, poor communication between them, and a loss of situational awareness.
Learn to identify the many different types of fishing boats found working in the waters of Alaska. Each type of vessel is as distinctive as the fish species it pursues.
Efforts to stabilize greenhouse gas emission levels combined with reductions in other stress factors related to Polar bears, like pollution, tourism and hunting, could help preserve the species.
