A meltwater channel emerging from a patch of soft, isothermal snow on College Glacier, with Peak 8100 rising in the background. This is exactly the kind of thing you don’t want to step into unaware—these channels can be deep and hidden beneath surface snow until they open up.
More about hike here: https://www.lwpetersen.com/alaska-guide/college-glacier-hiking-guide/
HANDS OFF rally in Skagway, AK 5apr2025 focus was mostly on "hands off Canada" but included many other issues. Estimated 100+ marchers in a town with about 1000 permanent residents (plus some seasonal workers showing up this time of year). Photo courtesy Molly McCluskey
A pro-Ukraine rally is taking place in #Washington, D.C. Journalist Ostap Yarysh shared photos, noting that participants traveled from across the U.S., including #Alaska, #Texas, and #Oregon. The rally is being held near the #Lincoln Memorial. https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/114293139824259552
YASSSSSS!! My little town showed up today for the nationwide protest!! 300+ people! Pretty darn good for a windy, rainy day. #Alaska #50501movement #HandsOff
https://www.peninsulaclarion.com/news/hundreds-turn-out-in-homer-soldotna-to-protest-actions-of-trump-admin/
■ El despecho de Nacho Canut, la voz grave de Alaska y toneladas de violines: así llegó al Nº1 ‘Ni tú ni nadie’ ■ Hace cuarenta años, este sencillo de Alaska y Dinarama se convirtió en el más vendido en España
https://los40.com/2025/04/06/el-despecho-de-nacho-canut-la-voz-grave-de-alaska-y-toneladas-de-violines-asi-llego-al-n1-ni-tu-ni-nadie/?int=MASTODON_WORLD
Someone needs to create a Miss Bear magazine just for this beauty! Lacee Johnson says she literally poses as if aware her photo is being taken. She is such a beautiful black bear. #Alaska #AlaskaWildlife #AlaskaBlackBear
One U.S. national park had fewer than 12,000 visitors last year. Do you know which one?
#travel #adventure #outdoors #nationalparks #alaska #lifestyle #mileswithmcconkey
https://www.mileswithmcconkey.com/web-stories/which-national-park-is-the-least-visited/
Dena'ina jokes about how useful moose are at predicting the weather. "His tail is wet when it'll rain." "Moose falls over when the earth will quake." From 1991 Collected Writings of Peter Kalifornsky, one of my very favorite Alaska books. #alaskahistory #akwx #alaska
On April 1, 1974, Porky Bickar of Sitka faked the eruption of Mount Edgecumbe with burning tires, tricking residents & Coast Guard, a required annual post. More on the greatest Alaska Fools joke in Alaska history in my 2020 article: https://adn.com/alaska-life/2020/04/06/the-story-of-porkys-rising-alaskas-greatest-ever-april-fools-day-prank/ #alaskahistory #alaska
A few favorite non-glacier photos from the Worthington Glacier area near Valdez, Alaska. The landscape here is full of motion and texture — and if you look closely, there are a lot of small, surprising details tucked into the cracks and edges of the terrain.
More info and hikes here:
https://www.lwpetersen.com/alaska-guide/worthington-glacier-hikes/
■ De Rosalía a Isabel Pontoja: las 9 artistas españolas más famosas en Estados Unidos ■ La revista Billboard ha seleccionado a las 50 artistas latinas más conocidas de la historia con 9 nombres español[…]
https://los40.com/2025/04/01/de-rosalia-a-isabel-pontoja-las-9-artistas-espanolas-mas-famosas-en-estados-unidos/?int=MASTODON_WORLD
Saint Innocent of #Alaska, who died OTD in 1879, was the first Orthodox bishop and archbishop in the Americas, and finally the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/alaska/southeast/?s=mb #travel #history
Saint Innocent of #Alaska, who died OTD in 1879, was the first Orthodox bishop and archbishop in the Americas, and finally the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/alaska/equinox/?s=mb #travel #history
Today is Seward's Day in #Alaska https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/alaska/equinox/?s=mb #travel #history
Il y a la queue au buffet à volonté de Brooks Falls, Alaska ! 
Nat Hab Expedition Leader Court Whelan
