Matanuska Glacier, about 100 miles from Anchorage, is another example. “It's only retreated a little bit. It's actually very close to where it was even 120 years ago, but it has thinned a lot ...

Alaska is famous for its wild wilderness and icy landscapes, but it also has some of the most thrilling adventure trails ...

Alaska's temperature has risen by four degrees Fahrenheit in the last 50 years, that's compared with two degrees for rest of the planet, leading to melting glaciers.

According to a release from the park service, they were called by Alaska State Troopers on Monday afternoon. They were told ...

And it’s the perfect place for those. The Last Frontier is home to the most glaciers in the U.S. There are roughly 27,000 glaciers across the state, covering an area of about 80,000 square ...

Visitors to Southeastern Alaska have only one option when it comes to up-close ice-gazing: Mendenhall Glacier. The 13-mile long floe ends in an iceberg-studded lake 30 minutes outside of Juneau.

The Alaska glaciers are parts of a network of mountain glaciers that collectively only hold 1 percent of the Earth's glacial ice volume. Most of it is found in the ice sheets of Antarctica and ...

New reports suggest the Iliamna Volcano in Alaska is rumbling after 100 years of dormancy, but NASA says an eruption isn't ...

Klouda is the author of "The Alaska Glacier Dictionary," published in 2025. (Image from Naomi Klouda's book presentation) One of her favorites is the Dena’ina name for a glacier on Mount Spurr.

Standing on the Spencer Glacier the term “epic” feels appropriate. Especially when you consider getting to this place requires a train ride, paddling across an almost freezing lake and a lift ...