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Matthew Crisafi-Lurtsema and Roger Jaramillo spent nearly five weeks on the mountain and returned with snow they believe will ...

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We believe that dusty Martian ice exposures in the mid-latitudes represent the most easily accessible places to search for Martian life today.' ...

Microbial alien life could be found inside ice on the surface of Mars, according to a new study. It is almost certainly ...

The goal was to hike a little over two miles on the Matanuska Glacier about 100 miles northeast of Anchorage. The glacier is ...

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Melting glaciers release more than just water. Organic matter once trapped in ice can run into streams and rivers, where it ...

Vincent Colliard, Sarah McNair-Landry and Erik Boomer pull sleds across the Juneau Icefield during their three-week ...

Alaska is a big state (twice the size of Texas) with 19 National Park System units, eight of which are national parks. So how ...

This week I’ve been busy leading field trips, but I’ve been dreaming of a time when I was a participant. In 2018, I spent the ...