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"The best three minutes of skiing I've ever done:" Schumacher reflects on his silver-medal moment The Alaska Sports Report provides in-depth daily coverage of Alaska athletes.

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Officials estimate $125 million in Western Alaska storm damage so far, and a long road to recovery | Alaska Beacon The Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management director updated lawmakers, and outlined a “significant cleanup mission” planned for this summer.

New: Officials told lawmakers this week they estimate $125 million in Western Alaska storm damage so far, and a major cleanup and rebuilding effort will begin again this summer.

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“It is my Honor to deliver for the Great State of Alaska, which I won BIG in 2016, 2020, and 2024 — ALASKA, I WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!” Trump wrote immediately after the disaster. #akleg #Alaska

Alaska scientists say future of Arctic research is uncertain after federal funding cuts The American Geophysical Union conference brought together Earth and space scientists from more than a hundred countries, including researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

The American Geophysical Union conference, which ran from Dec. 15 to 19, brought together Earth and space scientists from more than a hundred countries, including researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Bowhead whales are ingesting toxins driven by warming in Arctic, study finds | Alaska Beacon An interdisciplinary team of scientists studied bowel samples from subsistence-harvested bowheads, looking for evidence of toxins from algae.

Bowhead whales are ingesting toxins driven by warming in Arctic, study finds, reports Paula Dobbyn, @907808.bsky.social‬, for @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/07/11/b...

First time in my long Mount Marathon career to be taken from the finish line by ambulance to the hospital. Now on crutches. Very sad.

Hope to survive it with my extremely painful hip flexor injury.

mount marathon always looks like a nice little hill in pictures. hard to capture steepness.

Snow at Race Point on Mount Marathon Saturday. 😠

Independence Mine area and Government Peak

Somewhere in Prince William Sound on May 22, but I'm not exactly sure where.

Had a seven-moose day. Here are three of them.

CORNELL UPSETS #2 RANKED MICHIGAN STATE IN THE FINAL SECONDS. 😱

(via NCAA Ice Hockey)

Winter and construction! I so relate. Alternative: Winter and mosquitos.

Elbows up, Canada.

Federal firings hit U.S. Forest Service in Alaska, with at least 30 jobs cut on Thursday • Alaska Beacon A union representative said there was word of 3,400 probationary U.S. Forest Service workers being terminated nationally.

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Ice unexpectedly departs from Nome's shore - KNOM Radio Mission For only the second time in the last decade, temperatures on February 10 in Nome poked into the 30s. One day later, shorefast ice released its grip on Nome's coastline and floated out to sea. Deep blu...

Argggg......sea ice broke off in front of Nome on Tuesday. Usually, one half to one mile of stable shorefast ice is in place by mid-February, which folks use as a stable platform for crabbing. #akwx #Alaska #SeaIce #climate @climatologist49.bsky.social

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Location? Trying to figure out.

And now turning away.

Kincaid moose encounter:

Kincaid moose encounter:

Hmm, my banner photo was supposed to show this full (and very important to me) view. It's the world-famous turnaround rock on Mount Marathon! I might have to find a more horizonal pic for my banner. Still learning. . .

Learning a little more about Blue Sky. Hoping for some more hockey content. How about it, UAA, UAF, etc.? For now, here's a calm pic from Eklukta Lake in September. Don't know the kayaker, but he was in just the right spot for the photo.

Hi everyone! Just signed up here, and so far, so good. Will post more as I get the hang of things. Meanwhile, here are some pics: neighborhood moose on Oct. 26, a view of Denali, Hunter and Foraker from across Cook Inlet on Oct. 24 and some very cold bikes outside a dorm at UAF on Oct. 30.

Climate change intensified the 10 deadliest extreme events of the past 20 years A study warns that these events, which claimed more than 570,000 lives and included the heat waves of 2022 and 2023, were more severe and likely due to global warming

On the 10th anniversary of its founding, World Weather Attribution has published a study showing that the world’s 10 deadliest extreme weather events between 2004 and 2023 were made “more intense and more likely” due to climate change. Manuel Planelles for @elpais.bsky.social

Map centered on Alaska showing site-specific high temperatures (ºF) on Sunday, November 10, 2024. Plotted values range from -12F at Anaktuvuk Pass to 52F at Sandspit, BC

Some of Alaska's extreme precipitation in the past five years. The time scale of these events range from single storms to seasons. Most but not quite all are "high precipitation" related. And this is just what I could fit on one graphic. #akwx #ExtremeWeather #ClimateChange