Vincent Colliard navigates past glacier crevasses on the Juneau Icefield during a three-week crossing with fellow polar explorer Børge Ousland as part of their Ice Legacy project, which seeks to cross the world’s 20 largest icefields to raise awareness about the Arctic and impacts climate change is causing there. (Børge Ousland / Copyright photo used with permission)

Two polar explorers add to their ‘Ice Legacy’ with perilous 20-day crossing of the Juneau Icefield

Børge Ousland and Vincent Colliard overcome collapsing snow bridges, impassible crevasses, other challenges.

In an undated photo via Carol Ann Hafner, Eric Hafner. Hafner, who is serving a 20-year sentence, is running to represent a state in which he has never set foot. He could play the spoiler under Alaska’s ranked-choice system. (Via Carol Ann Hafner via The New York Times)

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Glacier Swim Club athletes Emma Fellman, Valerie Peimann and Lily Francis stand with coach Scott Griffith in a corn field after competing in a meet in Lake Oswego, Oregon, over the weekend. (Photo courtesy Glacier Swim Club)

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People dance to music by The Muskeg Collective during KTOO’s 50-Fest on Saturday night at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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Ten mini-concerts, plus interviews, theater and tributes showcase public broadcasting outlet’s history.

Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé’s Leila Cooper, June Troxel and Braith Dihle dive for the ball during their 25-19, 25-16, 25-15 victory over Ketchikan High School at the Clarke Cochrane Gymnasium on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024. (Christopher Mullen/ Ketchikan Daily News)

Crimson Bears volleyball team sweeps Kings at Kayhi

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A sign inside the Mendenhall Mall Annex points toward a polling place during the statewide primary election on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Southeast Alaska cyclist Tom Thompson raises his arms after crossing the Canadian border from British Columbia into the Yukon Territories on the Haines Road from Haines, Alaska, to Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada on Sept. 4, 2024. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

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At the end of the season, eyebright flowers (left) adorn the top of the flowering stem. At right, yellow rattle (or rattle pod) has a long flowering season. (Left photo by KM Hocker, right photo by Deana Barajas)

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Jasmine Chavez, a crew member aboard the Quantum of the Seas cruise ship, waves to her family during a cell phone conversation after disembarking from the ship at Marine Park on May 10. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

Ships in port for the week of Oct. 12

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In an undated photo via Carol Ann Hafner, Eric Hafner. Hafner, who is serving a 20-year sentence, is running to represent a state in which he has never set foot. He could play the spoiler under Alaska’s ranked-choice system. (Via Carol Ann Hafner via The New York Times)

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Glacier Swim Club athletes Emma Fellman, Valerie Peimann and Lily Francis stand with coach Scott Griffith in a corn field after competing in a meet in Lake Oswego, Oregon, over the weekend. (Photo courtesy Glacier Swim Club)

Glacier Swim Club trio competes in Oregon

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Members of the Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé cross-country team pose for a photo while attending the Nike Hole In The Wall XC Invitational at Lakewood High School in Washington. (Photo courtesy JDHS Cross-Country)

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Nine-hour pork roast ready for serving. (Photo by Patty Schied)
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A piece of obsidian rock sits on display in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. William Healey Dall collected the rock in 1868 near the Nowitna River in Interior Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Rasic)

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For the author the suspense of checking shrimp pots begins with finding the buoy, not pulling the pot. (Screenshot from video by Jeff Lund)

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Dan Kirkwood (left), pictured performing with Tommy Siegel and Steve Perkins, is among the musicians who will be featured during KTOO’s 50-Fest on Saturday. (Photo by Charlie E. Lederer)
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KTOO’s 50-Fest celebrates golden anniversary with six-hour evening of local performers

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Twin rainbows are seen from the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center on Wednesday. (Laurie Craig / Juneau Empire)

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The student band performs at Thunder Mountain High School. (Screenshot from student film “Digging a Hole in the School Budget”)
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Thunder Mountain High School graduates win film festival award

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An entangled humpback whale seen from above on Oct. 10 near Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. (Photo by Sean Neilson, NOAA MMHSRP Permit No. 24359)

Juvenile whale caught in heavy fishing apparatus freed by team effort

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Juneau’s Anthony Garcia (22) carries the ball deep into West Anchorage High School territory to set up the Huskies’ first touchdown early in the third quarter during Saturday’s game in Anchorage. (Screenshot from Juneau Huskies football livestream video)

Depleted Huskies lose at West Anchorage 59-21

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U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (left) views the Mendenhall River on Tuesday as Juneau Assembly member Wade Bryson explains changes that occurred to the riverbank due to record flooding from Suicide Basin last Saturday. Juneau state representatives Sara Hannan and Andi Story were among the other officials taking part in the trip. (Tom Mattice / City and Borough Of Juneau)

Flood cleanup, fundraising events planned this weekend

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A sign inside the Mendenhall Mall Annex points toward a polling place during the statewide primary election on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire file photo)

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