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 ...

Researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks have quantified a striking relationship between rising summer temperatures and the duration of glacier melt across the state: for every 1 degree ...

Glacier retreat across Alaska could expand the state’s glacial lakes to more than four times their current area, according to a peer-reviewed study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

(This story was updated to correct a typo.) Climate changeis drastically impacting the world around us, including the way people travel and the destinations themselves. “Green Travel” is a seven-part ...

Alaska's glaciers respond to climate change by melting for three additional weeks with every 1 degree Celsius increase in the average summer temperature, data from satellite-mounted radars show. A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Taylor McIntyre/Travel + Leisure A small fishing boat in Sitka, Alaska. Located about 16 miles north of downtown Ketchikan—the ...

Naomi Klouda was working as the editor of the Tundra Drums weekly newspaper when she began to notice the presence and number of glaciers in Alaska. Flying over the Yukon-Kuskokwim and following ...

In the course of her job as a journalist, Naomi Klouda stashed notes on Alaska glaciers in a big folder. Over time, they took on a life of their own. The Homer writer says it was a slow and persistent ...

Stay in a Salted Roots A-frame cabin overlooking Resurrection Bay, the fjord that stretches from Seward to the Gulf of Alaska. See Kenai Fjords National Park by boat; Major Marine Tours offers ...

A small fishing boat in Sitka, Alaska. As I gazed out the tiny window of the 10-passenger floatplane, wearing bulky headphones to drown out the turbine engine, the staggering 1,500-square-mile Juneau ...