ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. research vessel Sikuliaq can break through ice as thick as 2.5 feet (0.76 meters). In the Chukchi Sea northwest of Alaska this month, which should be brimming ...

Glenn-Borade, who grew up in Utqiaġvik, spoke to Alaska Public Media in December, ... reviews a radar map of the sea ice around Utqiaġvik on April 24, 2024.

Sea ice is the prime habitat for polar bears and the preferred location for dens where females give birth. Female walruses with young use sea ice as a resting platform and follow the ice edge south as ...

An estimated 35,000 walruses packed a stretch of shoreline in Alaska late last month, a phenomenon that's being chalked up to diminishing sea ice and alarmingly warm ocean temperatures.

Alaska has some of our planet’s largest icefields, and their melting is a major contributor to sea ... ice volume. Study looked at 250 years of glacier 'behavior' To complete the study, researchers ...

The U.S. research vessel Sikuliaq can break through ice as thick as 2.5 feet (0.76 meters). In the Chukchi Sea northwest of Alaska this month, which should be brimming with floes, its limits ...