Jan 30, 2025 · Columbia Glacier, located about 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of Valdez near the epicenter of the great 1964 earthquake, is rapidly losing its battle for survival. It is the last of Alaska's 52 tidewater glaciers to begin its epic retreat from the sea.

Jan 30, 2025 · The Columbia Glacier is one of Alaska's better known tidewater glaciers, both from the standpoint of tourist attraction and the model it provides for scientific investigation. In 1973 it became the object of close scientific scrutiny.

The Alaska-Canada boundary was originally established in February 1825 by Russia (then owner of Alaska) and Great Britain (then owner of Canada).

Dec 12, 2001 · Columbia Glacier in Prince William Sound and Bering Glacier in the St. Elias Mountains are two glaciers losing ice at an alarming rate: during the past decade, Columbia has shrunk by an average of about 21 feet per year along the length of the glacier; Bering has lost more than 9 feet per year.

Apr 8, 2021 · The Alsek River starts in the Yukon Territory, flows through British Columbia and then on to Dry Bay in Alaska. It is a rare northern river that cuts from the interior of the continent through rugged mountains to the coast.

Jan 12, 2011 · Many glaciers smaller than about five square kilometers — like those in the European Alps, New Zealand, Scandinavia and Glacier National Park in Montana — will disappear by the end of this century, said Radic, a researcher at the University of British Columbia and former graduate student at the Geophysical Institute.

Jul 23, 2021 · These trees, which can live longer than 1,000 years, grow on the rainy coast from the Oregon/California border through British Columbia and as far north as Prince William Sound. The giants have in many areas died in large numbers, puzzling scientists who later came up with a non-intuitive theory of what killed them.

Feb 11, 2016 · Their DNA suggests ice worms belong to three groups so unlike the other they might be different species. Northern worms live in the Chugach Mountains. Central worms live in the Glacier Bay Region. Southern worms live in the British Columbia Coast Range, the Cascades of Washington and Oregon and the Olympic Mountains of western Washington.

Jan 9, 2025 · Alaska — as well as the greater landmass north of the Arctic Circle — is “the world’s bird nursery,” said Natalie Boelman of Columbia University in December 2024. She cited Alaska’s abundance of insects and undisturbed space during her lecture at an immense conference in Washington, D.C.

Jun 16, 1998 · University of British Columbia researcher Roger Ramcharita followed radio-tagged grizzly bears' spring wanderings in the Columbia Mountains. While avalanche tracks made up only 10 percent of Ramcharita's study area, bears spent 40 percent of their time there eating avalanche-lily roots and other early-blooming plants.