Travelling in Alaska — the US’s final frontier — can feel like jumping through a wormhole. Time here is marked not by the ...

IN Mr. G. W. Lamplugh's interesting article on “The ‘Muir Glacier’ of Alaska,” published in your issue for January 28 (p. 299), appears the erroneous statement that Glacier Bay opens into ...

This is the moment the Portage glacier near Whittier, Alaska calved and crashed into the frozen Portage Lake, causing huge waves to break the icy lake's surface apart.

She tracked down the photographer, who willingly shared details of the location, and for two days last spring we ventured into the Mendenhall glacier near Juneau, in southern Alaska. The unlocking ...