The little-noticed tankers off AK’s coast One line in the middle of qCapitan’s latest report on Russian Arctic shipping ought to send a chill down the spines of Alaskans. “In addition to […]
Uncharted waters
Thin-hulled oil tanker bound for Bering Sea As you read this, the Leonid Losa – a Liberia-registered oil tanker owned by Dubai-based Sun Ship Management and loaded with a million barrels of […]
Anti-facta
Journalism’s know-it-all class Remember that know-it-all classmate we all encountered in school at some time in life? You know, the obnoxious one who had answers to everything all the time and was […]
Economic consequences
Russian fish replacing Alaska’s in China (This story was updated on May 29, 2023 to reflect that Russia plans to make the ice-choked Northern Sea Route a year-round shipping corridor starting […]
Pink tide rising
Both Russia and Alaska expect big pink salmon numbers this year A humpy swarm is again forming the North Pacific Ocean if fishery managers in Russia and the U.S. are to […]
Protect yourself
If you are not by this time on a fitness kick, you’re being foolish. Why? One hyphenated word: COVID-19. Study after study after study is pointing to cardiometabolic fitness as your best, […]
Dead by design?
With the U.S. now the world leader by far in deaths linked to COVID-19, isn’t it about time Americans recognize there is more to this situation than simply the newly emergent SARS-CoV-2 […]
Disease targets
With a reportedly effective vaccine for COVID-19 promising to help torpedo the largest pandemic in 100 years, is America’s biggest health problem soon to be ignored once again? But first another question: […]
Old-way killer
On the trail in the bright of an LED beam on Wednesday night, it dawned that the old ways in Alaska don’t just die. They are murdered by technology. On an individual […]
Forgotten dangers
While much of the world worries about the creeping consequences of global warming, a group of scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research, the Federation of American Scientists and a collection […]
