Scott Pegau, is presented. Topics related to Alaska's Prince William Sound since the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989 are discussed including the condition of the wildlife, the collapse of the herring population, and active research questions, such as the mechanics of oil entrapment and movement ...
South Central Alaska Tours: Gulf of Alaska, Resurrection Bay, Kachemak Bay and Kodiak Island Tours. Includes the cities of Homer, Seward, Kenai, Kodiak, Valdez and the area of Turnagain Arm. Also seeCook Inlet Beluga Whalesfor information on the efforts to save this endangered whale. ...
Tok to Valdez July 1, 2012 After politely answering all the customs officer’s questions, I entered Alaska again near the town of Tok. And, by “near,” I mean “almost 100 miles.” Other than the border crossing, there isn’t much at all going on in this part of the Alaska Highwa...
In 1991just over a year after the Exxon Valdez spill, Popular Mechanics reported on the design of a promising new deep-sea oil-cleaning vessel. The one problem? It never got built.
“try touching down with your eyes closed. That’s about the way it is out in the bush in the dark.” Without runways, you don’t worry about crosswinds, and, in coastal Alaska, the whole world is your airfield. But stir in plummeting temperatures, lowering stratus clouds, high winds,...
Summer 2014: Alaska via the AlCan; Flight 93 Memorial and Home Again, Wrap Up Posted on December 15, 2014 We are often given to rushing the last part of the trip wherever we go. A trip to visit family In Florida will sometimes turn into a marathon one day ride home. A trip to th...