Bird Creek starts in the Chugach Mountains and flows southwest for 16 miles (26 km) to Turnagain Arm, about 22 miles (35 km) southeast of Anchorage and 12 miles (19 km) west of Girdwood, Alaska.
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— 55.763000 N, -133.248959 W — Winter Harbor
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Shipwrecks
What the Peter Iredale left behind
A century-old wreck, still surfacing from the sand.
Glaciers
The retreat of Mendenhall Glacier, mapped over 40 years
How satellite records and field photography tell one glacier’s story.
Lighthouses
Heceta Head and the keepers who stayed
A history of the light, and the families who tended it.
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Glass Beach’s slow-motion transformation
From dump site to tourist draw — and what’s left to find.
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