Neighbors

Pictured is a map of the sea floor off western Alaska showing Zhemchug Canyon, one of the largest canyons in the world. It is from a 1970 paper in Marine Geology by D. Scholl, E. Buffington, D. Hopkins and T. Alpha.

Alaska Science Forum: A visit to one of Earth’s greatest canyons

People wait years for permits to raft the Grand Canyon. Michelle Ridgway once visited a much larger canyon in Alaska, one that most people will… Continue reading

Pictured is a map of the sea floor off western Alaska showing Zhemchug Canyon, one of the largest canyons in the world. It is from a 1970 paper in Marine Geology by D. Scholl, E. Buffington, D. Hopkins and T. Alpha.
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Off the Beaten Path: Wolves of the Noatak

Note to reader: This is last piece in a three-part installment that focuses on encounters with wolves I had during a walk in the Brooks… Continue reading

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Off the Trails: The color green

All summer long, we live in a sea of green. The forest, the bogs, the meadows are awash in greens — silvery, yellowish, dusky, bluish,… Continue reading

A good maul will last generations. Here are two with a stack of recently split wood.

Heating with Wood VIII: Time to Split

The old timers say to split a little every dayAnd stack it away to season well, but from March to November I rarely do rememberDecember… Continue reading

A good maul will last generations. Here are two with a stack of recently split wood.
A visitor looks at "The Timekeeper's Ledgers" by Anchorage photographer Deborah Tharp at the opening of the 2016 Alaska Positive exhibit at the state museum on Friday, Nov. 4.

Alaska Positive opens at state museum, events to come

The Alaska State Museum’s biennial photo exhibit, Alaska Positive, now in its 46th year, opened Nov. 4 with 35 images from 28 photographers around the… Continue reading

A visitor looks at "The Timekeeper's Ledgers" by Anchorage photographer Deborah Tharp at the opening of the 2016 Alaska Positive exhibit at the state museum on Friday, Nov. 4.
The flute quartet Flutatious is performing in Juneau Saturday, Nov. 19.

Flute quartet to perform Bach, Queen Nov. 19

The Con Brio Chamber Series presents “Flutatious and Friends,” a concert of chamber music featuring members of the flute quartet “Flutatious” and a few of… Continue reading

The flute quartet Flutatious is performing in Juneau Saturday, Nov. 19.
A self portrait of Benjamin Haldane inside his photo studio in Metlakatla. Dangeli points out objects that are indications both of his photographic  and musical careers. His arm rests on a model totem, emphasizing his heritage. "He chose to visually connect to his body a model totem pole with his Lax Gibou (Wolf Clan) crest represented by the bottom figure," she wrote. "Both physically and metaphorically, he is supported by Tsimshian cultural values and beliefs and gazes directly at the viewer to assert their importance."  Donor: Melvin Charles, THS 89.2.14.21

‘Photographic sovereignty’ in Metlakatla

The prevailing narrative has it that the more than 800 people who relocated from Canada to Metlakatla, Alaska in 1887 completely rejected traditional Tsimshian ways.But… Continue reading

A self portrait of Benjamin Haldane inside his photo studio in Metlakatla. Dangeli points out objects that are indications both of his photographic  and musical careers. His arm rests on a model totem, emphasizing his heritage. "He chose to visually connect to his body a model totem pole with his Lax Gibou (Wolf Clan) crest represented by the bottom figure," she wrote. "Both physically and metaphorically, he is supported by Tsimshian cultural values and beliefs and gazes directly at the viewer to assert their importance."  Donor: Melvin Charles, THS 89.2.14.21
Statehood bonfire in downtown Juneau, 1958.

Treasure Trove of Juneau photos rediscovered

When Kathleen Metcalfe went looking for her own family’s history, she ended up finding a lost piece of Juneau’s: boxes and boxes of slide film… Continue reading

Statehood bonfire in downtown Juneau, 1958.

SHI publishes book of rare photos documenting Inupiat life in the early 1900s

Sealaska Heritage Institute has published a book of old, rare and priceless photographs of Inupiat life in the early twentieth century made by an Inupiat… Continue reading

Sinai by Felix A. Wong.

Q&A with Ketchikan photographer Felix A. Wong about his exhibit ‘Moonshine’

Felix A. Wong, originally from Singapore, is a self-taught Ketchikan photographer with a passion for nighttime photography. This November he has made his debut with… Continue reading

Sinai by Felix A. Wong.
Juneau photographer Chris Miller, right, receives his prize for his Juror's Choice Award photo, "Mendenhall Moulin," center, from MaryLou Gerbi, the vice president of Friends of the State Library, Archives and Museum and Addison Field, chief curator of the Alaska State Museum on Nov. 4.

Chris Miller to give Alaska Positive lecture in December

It was a subject close to home that won Chris Miller the Juror’s Choice Award at this year’s Alaska Positive show — a now classic… Continue reading

Juneau photographer Chris Miller, right, receives his prize for his Juror's Choice Award photo, "Mendenhall Moulin," center, from MaryLou Gerbi, the vice president of Friends of the State Library, Archives and Museum and Addison Field, chief curator of the Alaska State Museum on Nov. 4.
A boy in Wainwright, Alaska, wearing a mosquito net.

Chasing Alaska: Community journalism across the state

An upcoming workshop and lecture from photographers Ash and Brian Adams aims to give attendees the tools they need to tell their own community’s stories… Continue reading

A boy in Wainwright, Alaska, wearing a mosquito net.

Friends of the SLAM organize lecture series, seek members

There’s a story behind how many of the objects in the Father Andrew P. Kashevaroff State Library, Archives and Museum arrived. For some of those… Continue reading

Slacktide: Donald Trump isn’t Hitler

That’s right: I’m a Hillary voter and I don’t think Donald Trump is Hitler.In fact, it it’s one thing I can’t stomach — in addition… Continue reading

  • Nov 13, 2016
  • By Geoff Kirsch

UAS expands partnerships to increase campus safety

The University of Alaska Southeast is expanding partnerships to increase resources and support for students and employees under Title IX and the Violence Against Women… Continue reading

  • Nov 13, 2016

Food bank thanks Social Justice class

The Southeast Alaska Food Bank would like to thank the students from Lora Vess’s Social Justice class at the University of Alaska Southeast for touring… Continue reading

  • Nov 13, 2016

Girls and boys empowerment running programs to run 5k

Girls on the Run’s and Boys Run: I toowú klatseen’s 10-week programs culminate in a 5k run on Saturday, Dec. 3. Fifty-eight girls from Gastineau… Continue reading

  • Nov 13, 2016

Final film for Climate Action Film Series: “Time to Choose”

The final film of the Climate Action Film Series, Time to Choose, will be shown Sunday, Nov. 20, at 4:30 p.m. and Monday, Nov. 21,… Continue reading

  • Nov 13, 2016

Second annual Lumberjacc Beard and Moustache contest

Calling all beards and moustaches! Start growing your facial fuzz now for the second annual LumberJACC Beard and Moustache contest. Both men and women are… Continue reading

  • Nov 13, 2016
Christina Gomez is one of the editors of "Mixed."

One book making a difference

If there is one thing this year’s University of Alaska Southeast freshmen have in common it’s a single book. It’s called “Mixed,” a collection of… Continue reading

  • Nov 13, 2016
  • By STEVE QUINN
Christina Gomez is one of the editors of "Mixed."