At Exit Glacier near Seward, up to four feet of snow still covers the trail system and campground. Park officials had to dig their way into the nature center.
Inupiat artist Sylvester Ayek is working to balance the difficulty of living a subsistence lifestyle with bolstering his income by producing unique ivory and wood carvings.
The many species of algae on Earth capture more of the sun's energy and produce more oxygen than all plants combined. And on glaciers, their presence turns the ice brown.
A former homicide detective with the Anchorage Police Department, Glen Klinkhart is now chief executive officer of an Internet security consulting firm.
Find out what it takes to stock over 200 lakes and streams statewide with 7.5 million salmon, arctic grayling and arctic char, and see some of the season's first fish take flight into Southcentral Alaska's lakes.
Keep your head on a swivel. You never know which critters will be watching your every move as you climb up the mountain from Windy Corner and experience summer's beginnings.