Anchorage

A cityscape of Anchorage, Alaska with dog-sled racers and mountains

With an Indigenous perspective, Anchorage seeks to adapt to climate change even if Alaska doesn’t

Climate Change

Alaska is experiencing climate change faster than other parts of the planet. With state leadership waning, Anchorage is taking on the climate fight.

Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race

Anchorage’s storied dogsled race gets its start, with mixed reactions

Culture
Girls with the “Rhythm of Light” dance troupe perform at a weekly farmer’s market in Anchorage’s Mountain View neighborhood.

Guess which state has America’s most diverse neighborhood? Hint: It’s not California, New York or Florida.

Culture
The Exit Glacier, a two-and-a-half hour drive outside of Anchorage, has posts that mark the glacier’s rapid retreat. This one shows the glacier’s reach just 12 years ago.

Anchorage is confronting more rapid climate change, but has few dollars to address it

Environment
The TaHa Mosque in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The US has a wide variety of mosques, and these two guys have seen a lot of them

Belief
Mosque in Alaska

Alaska’s first mosque prepares to open its doors

Belief

The Muslim community in Alaska is larger than you might think. And now, after years of fundraising, they have a place of worship.

The Quest for Magical, Nutty Tasting Cheese from Northern Spain

Arts, Culture & Media

Today’s Geo Quiz features Michael Paterniti, author of the new book, ‘The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World’s Greatest Piece of Cheese.’

Valdez, Alaska, turns to outside help to dig out from 10+ foot snow drifts

Environment

The Pineapple Express jet stream from Alaska is meeting up with a Siberian cold air mass over Alaska and it’s dropping foot after foot of snow on top of many Alaskan communities.

VIDEO: National Guard called to dig out town buried under 10 feet of snow

Environment

In little Cordova, Alaska, a town accessible only by air and sea, they’re struggling with removing the 130 inches of snow that have fallen in December and the first eight days of January — and more snow is on the way.

Giant gold, copper deposits discovered in Alaska — digging them out the trouble

Environment

About 200 miles from Anchorage, in a remote corner of a remote state, there’s hundreds of billions of dollars of minerals laying underground. Getting them out, however, could endanger an important natural ecosystem.