Studying the shape of Suicide Basin and how it changes could give researchers a better sense of how much water could be ...

Back at home, researchers are trying to learn more about how and why a glacier in Juneau causes repeated flooding. Your ...

Glaciers create some of the most stunning ice formations, with arches and tunnels that seem straight out of a storybook. One ...

After two consecutive years when meltwaters burst out of a basin on Juneau’s Mendenhall Glacier and devastated neighborhoods ...

Mendenhall Glacier welcomes more than 400,000 visitors each year, and it's easy to see why: aside from its stunning arctic beauty, the glacier is only 12 miles outside Juneau and it's the only ...

A federal grant of nearly $1 million will be used to better understand the glacier outbursts that have caused historic ...

In August 2023, a major outburst flood from Mendenhall Glacier caused significant flooding in Juneau, Alaska. This event, unprecedented in its scale, would not have been possible without the ...

The U.S. Forest Service plans to raise five new totem poles – called kootéeyaa in Lingít – at the Mendenhall Glacier. At an open house on Wednesday, it was clear that the kootéeyaa are ...

Installing a set of totem poles at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center highlighting local Alaska Natives may be a worthy idea, but numerous tribal residents expressed concerns during an initial ...

Mendenhall Glacier? There is a dog sled camp on both glaciers and both Herbert Glacier and Mendenhall Glacier are located within the Tongass National Forest. Herbert Glacier is 8 miles long and is ...

A full daytrip could include the gardens and Mendenhall Glacier as the two are located just 5 miles apart. For more information, check out the rainforest's website. Narrated Whale Watching Cruise ...