MetaFilter posts tagged with Alaska and arctic

Blogging from the top of the world

fourcheesemac — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:33:41 -0800

Dispatches from Polar Scientists -- A compilation of blogs "in celebration of the International Polar Year (2007-08), [giving] you an up-close-and-personal look at research in extreme environments through the thoughts and experiences of the scientists working there. We’ll post their photos, videos, and blogs on this site."

Naalagiagvik -- The Place Where You Go to Listen

fourcheesemac — Tue, 06 May 2008 06:21:42 -0800

The Song of the Earth -- New Yorker music critic Alex Ross writes on composer John Luther Adams, who has created an installation work at the Museum of the North in Fairbanks, Alaska in which geologic, astronomical, and meteorologic data are converted, in real time, into "a shimmering synthesized carillon." For a tiny hint of the experience, you can watch this Youtube video Hear more about the work from Living on Earth.

great white wrecks

Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:03:39 -0800

Abandoned plane wrecks of the north. The Arctic North is a cruel environment for men and machine; for planes it is no different. The weather creates all sorts of hazards, the terrain offers its own variety of opportunities for disaster. (Warning: extreme comic sans.)

Baked Alaska

homunculus — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 21:18:54 -0800

Melting into the ocean. In the Alaskan Arctic, villages like Shishmaref have a front row view of global warming.

patrickje — Mon, 23 Sep 2002 13:19:41 -0800

The demise of the honey bucket. Many of us take running water and sewage services for granted. The Alaska Dept of Environmental Conservation is slowly converting rural Eskimo villages from a "fill and haul a bucket" sewage/water system to modern services. A fascinating look into the logistics required to bring these services into remote Artic villages.

internetgeniuses — Fri, 19 Apr 2002 06:18:39 -0800

Senate blocks attempt to open Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. The vote was, it sounds, an attempt to end a democrat-led filibuster that has kept the proposed energy bill on the Senate floor for five weeks.