New research by Brown University geologists confirms that the Aleutian Islands, the archipelago stretching from Alaska to Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, experienced a massive geological uplift between ...

As the summer tourist season hits, Kenai’s busy airport is missing one of its major air carriers. Aleutian Airways stopped flying to Kenai on April 3, said Mary Bondurant, the acting manager of the ...

Alaska’s wilderness feels bigger than anything you can imagine—and HX Expeditions’ 2026–2027 Alaska cruise program is designed to take you right into the heart of it. With small expedition ships, ...

Folding kayaks may be more portable than their conventional counterparts, but they can still be pretty … hefty, weighing anywhere from about 17 to 40 lb (8 to 18 kg). The Pontos 2.0 is different, in ...

As a premise, I love folding kayaks. If you ask how much, I can't find a good way to express it, so I have listed the folding kayaks I have owned so far. I might have forgotten some kayaks that I ...

The 2026 collection features Alpacka’s first sea kayak and two additional flatwater packrafts. Mancos, Colo. (Nov 4, 2025) – Alpacka Raft, the packrafting industry leader, today introduced its 2026 ...

“Captain” J.G. Bruff’s 1851 sketch of Trinidad Harbor with two schooners in the background and Little Head rock (next to today’s pier) on the left. Credit: Columbia University Press “There’s a working ...

Spanning 1,200 miles from mainland Alaska toward Siberia and knifing between the Bering Sea and Pacific Ocean, the more than 300 mostly barren Aleutian Islands would have made for a perilous WWII ...

Sculptor Mark Witteveen and assistant Shane Wandersee went to work Monday mounting a new piece at the Koniag/KANA Building on Near Island. The life-sized steel and aluminum killer whale, soon to be ...

Kayaking is one of summer’s most relaxing and enjoyable water sports, but owning your own boat is a near impossibility if you live in an apartment or small home. Luckily, the days of trying to stuff a ...