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- Opinion: Newt's moon colony is no joke
Lost in the laughter over the past two weeks has been GOP White House hopeful and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's core point about America's future in space.
alaska railroad history 09 Feb 2012 - Deep snow may lead to record moose deaths on roads, tracks
When the snow is deep in Southcentral Alaska, moose are apt to relocate to flatland haunts that promise easier mobility and more opportunities for food. But that puts them in much closer contact with humans -- along with their cars and trains.
alaska railroad history 09 Feb 2012 - Ice cold in Alaska
Treacherous currents, icebergs and hungry grizzlies?Eowyn Ivey finds danger ? and romance ? round every bend as she and her husband raft down the Copper River The Copper River flows cold and fast out of the heart of Alaska, 300 miles through rocky canyons and past calving glaciers until it branches into a broad delta of wetlands and into the Gulf of Alaska. It is a river of wild salmon and seals ...
alaska railroad history 09 Feb 2012 - Harbor anchors Homer's history
(Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of stories about the importance of Homer's harbor and the marine trades to the economy of Homer.)
alaska railroad history 09 Feb 2012 - Deep snow may lead to record moose traffic deaths
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A dull-brown moose with a prominent rack steps delicately on to Anchorage's Minnesota Drive in the January afternoon twilight, as cars streak past. He stops traffic as he ambles into deep snow on the edge of the road -- barely avoiding becoming part of the growing ranks of the winter's unlucky moose. For moose, heavy snowfall means misery, and this winter is shaping up to be ...
alaska railroad history 09 Feb 2012 - Locomotive 557 arrives in Alaska
MOSES LAKE - A 160,000-pound piece of history made it home after decades in Moses Lake and a three week journey over land and sea.
alaska railroad history 09 Feb 2012 - On the Right Track
Los Gatos Weekly-Times File PhotographOn the Right TrackWhen in 1939 legendary railroad engineer William 'Billy' Jones (1884-1968) purchased the miniature steam locomotive pictured here, his intent was twofold.
alaska railroad history 09 Feb 2012 - Valdez, Alaska, turns to outside help to dig out from 10+ foot snow drifts
If you're in the parts of the United States still looking for the first big snow of the season, Alaska would most likely be happy to send you some. Valdez, Alaska, usually the snowiest places in the United States and often on top of the list globally, has received as much snow this winter though last weekend as it normally receives over the course of an entire season. So far, it's received more ...
alaska railroad history 09 Feb 2012
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