Methane holes have become a hazard in rural Alaska, with increased frequency possibly linked to the 2002 Denali Fault earthquake. These holes form under ice due to methane gas bubbles and can pose significant dangers to locals and their animals.
Denali receives a foot of snow in mid-winter storm. Interior areas, including Fairbanks, also received high amounts of snow.
The bear had entered buildings and food caches, according to National Park Service officials.
A new report identifies climate change as one of the challenges facing transportation in Alaska's most famous national park.
A winter river overflow (water flowing over river ice and refreezing) near Lake Minchumina, Alaska, disrupted travel on a trapline trail and created hazardous, glassy ice conditions for people, dogs, and horses.
Vehicles accumulate dirt, which has minerals, and minerals are hard to come by in the environment during winter. Salt could certainly be one of the minerals they seek as sodium is a driver of appetite, but it is possible it could be another type of mineral they’re after—hard to say for sure without getting a profile of the dirt.
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