Explore the Spencer Glacier Trail in Alaska, an immersive hike surrounded by towering ice walls, narrow paths, and dramatic ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A retreating glacier revealed a new island in Alaska this summer, as lake water filled in to surround a land mass once hugged by ice. Black vultures attack and kill cattle.

Of the thousands of glaciers spread across Alaska, only about 700 have names. These ever-evolving features have lacked a centralized source for information about their status, names or interesting ...

A melting glacier in southeastern Alaska has birthed a brand-new island in the middle of a growing lake, according to recent images captured by NASA satellites. The 2-square-mile island is a small ...

Satellite images reveal a new island in Alaska's Alsek Lake, formed as retreating glaciers reshape the landscape. NASA satellite imagery has revealed a new island off Alaska's coast that emerged after ...

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SITKAGI BLUFFS — While paddling a glacial lake complete with icebergs and milky blue water, I dipped my left hand, then tasted my fingers. Salty. That was a surprise to me, thirsty there on the edge ...

Two tourists fell to their deaths this week near a glacier in southeastern Alaska, in separate fatal incidents, authorities said. Juneau Mountain Rescue and multiple crews of search dogs surveyed the ...

An Italian man conducting research on an Alaska glacier was missing after he fell in a stream of meltwater and went into a 2-foot-wide vertical shaft in the ice Tuesday afternoon, officials said. The ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A researcher from Italy is missing after falling into a stream on Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier — after the body of another man, a hiker from Arizona, was found earlier this week ...