Billy Mitchell: Alaska Pioneer | Geophysical Institute
When the name Billy Mitchell is mentioned, most people think of the general who was court-martialed in 1925 for openly criticizing the Army's lackadaisical interest in aviation. Aviation …
Iditarod: one of the last Gold Rush towns - Geophysical Institute
The mushers were gone, and so were the 640 dogs that pulled them out of town.
Patent received for improved infrasound sensors
Aug 9, 2016 · Sue Mitchell, University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, 907-474-5823, [email protected]. Jeffrey Rothman, University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical …
UAF selected for new federal drone program - Geophysical Institute
May 08, 2018 / Sue Mitchell The University of Alaska Fairbanks will join a new federal initiative aimed at shaping the future of drones in America. The U.S. Department of Transportation …
Unmanned aircraft will test medical supply deliveries
January 24, 2019 / Sue Mitchell Unmanned aircraft will soon be deployed to test the feasibility of delivering emergency medical supplies across Alaska as part of a national initiative from the …
Geophysical Institute eligible for long-term defense research funding
October 01, 2018 / Sue Mitchell The University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute has received a Defense Department designation to research topics important to national security. …
New curriculum connects aurora, Iñupiat culture
January 26, 2017 / Sue Mitchell A new curriculum that weaves aurora science with Iñupiat culture and language is now available for elementary and middle school teachers across Alaska. The …
Arctic Haze: An Uninvited Spring Guest - Geophysical Institute
Apr 4, 1996 · "Arctic haze" is a phrase invented in 1956 by Murray Mitchell, a U.S. Air Force officer stationed in Alaska who wrote about murky bands of pollution on the horizon noticed by …
UAF professor leads Arctic ecosystem science initiative
Aug 19, 2015 · University of Alaska Fairbanks professor Vladimir Romanovsky has been named chief scientist for a U.S. Department of Energy initiative to study Arctic ecosystems.
Bowhead Whales May Be the World's Oldest Mammals
Feb 15, 2001 · While helping Alaska Native whale hunter Billy Adams cut sections of blubber from a bowhead whale, Biologist Craig George pressed his knife into a deep scar in the whale's …
- Some results have been removed