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Author: Alaska Dispatch News

Environment Environment (USA) USA 

One river notches banner season amid Alaska’s king salmon shortfall

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, August 6, 2012 at 13:34
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Sport fishermen across much of Southcentral Alaska who’d hoped for heart-thumping fights with Alaska’s most regal fish, the prized king

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Society Society (USA) USA 

PenAir shifting away from air taxi service to some Alaska communities

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, August 3, 2012 at 14:27
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The news on Thursday that Peninsula Airways was phasing out of the air taxi service sector came as a surprise

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Environment Environment (USA) USA 

Shell drillships en route to Arctic Alaska

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 14:46
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It’s not a mass movement of ships, but after weeks of waiting, pieces of Shell’s fleet have begun sailing north

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

Study: Chatty Arctic Bowhead whales sing like the birds

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 18:56
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In a recent study conducted in the Arctic Ocean off of Greenland, University of Washington oceanographer Kate Stafford noted an

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Environment Environment (USA) USA 

Burgeoning Nelchina caribou herd allows biologists to expand hunt

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 15:22
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A surprise population boom in a caribou herd that roams the Nelchina basin 100 miles northeast of Anchorage is going

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Canada Society Society (Canada) 

Alaska’s Arctic waters to be mapped for first time since Captain Cook

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at 16:12
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On Monday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s ship Fairweather embarked on a 30-day survey of Alaska coastline that has

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Environment Environment (USA) USA 

Arctic rivers discharging more water could have broad climate effects

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at 15:26
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A new study shows that freshwater discharge by northern rivers into the Arctic Ocean is up, and the reasons might

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Society Society (USA) USA 

U.S. senator fights to contain Alaska food and fuel prices

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, July 30, 2012 at 15:20
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Imagine paying $17.25 for a bag of sugar. Or how about $20.49 for a bag of flour. Or $8.99 for

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Business USA 

Cost of operating in remote Alaska threatens mine

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, July 27, 2012 at 19:32
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The high costs of operating in remote areas killed a lot of mines in Alaska after World War II, and

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Business USA 

Conoco turns $551 million profit in Alaska for second quarter

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, July 26, 2012 at 16:13
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As Alaska’s elections grow closer, the buzz grows louder for the state to give a multibillion-dollar tax break to oil

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Environment Environment (USA) USA 

Are Alaska regulators ready to respond to an Arctic oil spill?

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, July 26, 2012 at 14:01
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From the hallways of Congress to Alaska’s northern shores, the hype over offshore oil development in the U.S. Arctic continues

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Environment Environment (USA) USA 

Arctic oil: 1970 study holds surprises on oil spill cleanup

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 14:52
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Good old-fashioned hay works great for cleaning up oil from ice and cold water, according to a decades-old study conducted

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Environment Environment (USA) USA 

Polar bears diverged 4 to 5 million years ago, but interbred with brown bears

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 15:51
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Polar bears diverged into a separate species between four and five million years ago, but interbred with their brown bear

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Environment Environment (USA) USA 

U.S. Coast Guard to conduct its first-ever oil-spill test in Arctic

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 12:54
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With Royal Dutch Shell possibly on the eve of exploring for oil off Alaska’s Arctic coasts — and other companies

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Society Society (USA) USA 

Alaska wind power project on track for fall completion

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 13:03
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There are some new, very tall figures between the spruce trees, sand dunes and boggy ponds that cover Fire Island,

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