June marks the thaw and breakup season for most of Alaska. Though unusual, June snowfall is not unprecedented in the Brooks ...

Depending on what map scale you choose, the mountain in the Brooks Range is either higher or lower than 9,000 feet. Using a new combination of techniques, an Alaska researcher has crowned Mount ...

Stunning natural surroundings, sweeping vistas, and fresh alpine air make exploring America's mountain ranges an exhilarating experience, whether you're heading for the fog-covered Great Smoky ...

So this summer, the Forest Service joined some earth science geeks from NASA to find a way to map more ... between two mountain ranges. To the south, it's framed by the towering Alaska Range ...

Most glaciers in every mountain range and island group in Alaska are experiencing significant ... oblique aerial photographs, and maps, supported by the scientific literature, to document the ...

The U.S. Board on Geographic Names is scheduled to meet this week and consider a new name, Mount Carola, for an Alaska ...

But unfortunately for would-be prospectors, the new map of Alaska does not point the way ... the surface pushed up the state's coastal mountain ranges. In addition, tectonic activity continues ...

Alfred Brooks was a geologist who traveled thousands of miles in Alaska ... Peters to map the country from Lynn Canal near Haines west through the mountains of the St. Elias Range and northward ...

That alone puts Alaska in a class all its own. With 14 distinct mountain ranges, more than 3 million lakes and nearly 22 million acres of national forest, Alaska is easily one of the wildest ...