ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Glaciologist Erin Pettit began a research project to find out what humpback whales heard when a big piece of ice falls from a glacier and crashes into the ocean. But the sound ...

Alaska, U.S.A, is one of the few remaining locations in the world that has fjords that contain temperate tidewater glaciers. Studying such estuarine systems provides vital information on how ...

Last month, the Marine World Heritage Programme traveled to Norway to facilitate an exchange between the West Norwegian Fjords - Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord and Glacier Bay National Park. These two ...

Sediment transport and accumulation were studied over several years to define the sedimentary environment in a fan-terminated, active valley glacier and adjacent fjord at Queen Inlet, Glacier Bay ...

At Kenai Fjords National Park, you can see climate change at work in real time at Exit Glacier, wildlife such as Dall sheep and archaeological sites of the Sugpiaq people. Few things will leave a ...