Thursday - November 21, 2024
State Tipoffs Involving Alaska Newsletter for Sunday September 01, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Northern Arizona University: Why Arctic Cruise Ship Tourism is Complicated
FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Aug. 27 (TNSres) -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news: Nearly 1.7 million people visit Juneau, Alaska, between May and September, spilling into the city by the thousands each morning when their cruise ship docks. On any given day, the capital of Alaska has a population of almost 32,000 people. It's easy to imagine the myriad effects, both good and bad, that the annual influx of tourism has on this small town. It's harder to measure those effects and l  more

UAS Evening at Egan Fall Lecture Series Begins
JUNEAU, Alaska, Aug. 31 -- The University of Alaska-Southeast issued the following news release: * * * This Friday, August 30 with UAS Alum Jen Rose Smith, Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Washington * * * The annual fall lecture series Evening at Egan kicks off this Friday, August 30 at 7:00 p.m. with an in-person and live-streamed presentation, "Ice Geographies: The Colonial Politics of Race and Indigeneity" by Dr. Jen Rose Smith. Dr. Smith will discuss her forthcoming book,  more