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  2. High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program - Wikipedia

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    Ahtna, Incorporated, the Alaska Native corporation serving the region of Alaska where the HAARP site is located, was reportedly in talks to take over the facility administration contract from Marsh Creek, LLC. [12] In May 2014, the Air Force announced that the HAARP program would be shut down later in 2014.

  3. Extreme Ice Survey - Wikipedia

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    Starting in 2007 the EIS team installed as many as 43 time-lapse cameras at a time at 18 glaciers in Greenland, Iceland, Alaska, Canada, the Nepalese Himalaya (where cameras were installed at Mount Everest in 2010), and the Rocky Mountains of the U.S. The cameras shoot year-round, during daylight, at various rates.

  4. Thompson Pass - Wikipedia

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    Thompson Pass is a 2,600 foot-high (855 meter-high) gap in the Chugach Mountains northeast of Valdez, Alaska. [1] It is the snowiest weather station in Alaska, recording 500 inches or 13 metres of snow per year on average. [2]

  5. Climate of Alaska - Wikipedia

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    Owing to the rain shadow of the coastal mountains, south-central Alaska does not get nearly as much rain as the southeast of Alaska, though it does get more snow with up to 300 inches (7.62 m) at Valdez and much more in the mountains. On average, Anchorage receives 16 inches (410 mm) of precipitation a year, with around 75 inches (1.91 m) of snow.

  6. Middleton Island - Wikipedia

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    Most of the acreage on the island is owned by Chugach Alaska Corporation, a for-profit corporation. The island is also home of the unattended 200-acre (81 ha) Middleton Island Airport and NEXRAD weather radar (FAA), and the privately owned 182-acre (74 ha) Middleton Island Marine Biological Station with researchers resident year-round. [2] [3 ...

  7. Climate of Anchorage - Wikipedia

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    The weather on any given day is very unpredictable. Some winters feature several feet of snow and cold temperatures, while the summers are typically mild but are cool compared to the contiguous US and interior Alaska. Because of Anchorage's high latitude, summer days are very long and winter daylight hours are very short.

  8. Bolaven will impact Alaska and have downstream impacts on US

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    As of Sunday night, local time, Bolaven was spinning well to the southeast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Some satellites in recent days estimated the peak ...

  9. Fat Bear Week - Wikipedia

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    It is home to a large range of species of wildlife, including the Alaska brown bear. [7] It serves as the backdrop for the annual Fat Bear Week competition. The national park is home to approximately 2,200 Alaska peninsula brown bears. [2] [3] Live webcams are placed at Brooks Falls and along the Brooks River, allowing the public to view the ...