by CoastView | Aug 24, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, August 2026, Coastal Features, Hatcheries, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/BlindSlough.mp3 Blind Slough is a roughly 4-mile (6.5 km) estuary that forms the lower reach of the Blind River, which flows northwest across Mitkof Island to Wrangell Narrows, about 24 miles...
by CoastView | Aug 22, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, August 2026, Coastal Features, Islands
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/JeannetteIsland.mp3 Jeannette Island is a barrier island about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) long and one of the McClure Islands, on the Beaufort Sea coast of the Arctic Ocean, roughly 92 miles (148 km)...
by CoastView | Aug 20, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, August 2026, Communities, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/BelugaRiver.mp3 The Beluga River rises at Beluga Lake, fed largely by meltwater from the Triumvirate Glacier, and flows roughly 30 miles (48 km) southeast to Cook Inlet, about 46 miles (74 km)...
by CoastView | Aug 19, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, August 2026, Developments, Headlands
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/PointMcIntyre.mp3 Point McIntyre is a low spit of land at the western entrance to Prudhoe Bay, on Stefansson Sound along the Beaufort Sea coast of the Arctic Ocean, about 196 miles (316 km)...
by CoastView | Aug 18, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, August 2026, Best of 2025, Embayments, Glaciers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Dawes-Glacier.mp3 Dawes Glacier originates from the Stikine Icefield near the Alaska-Canada boundary and flows northwest for 20 miles (32 km) to tidewater in Endicott Arm, about 100 miles (161...
by CoastView | Aug 17, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, August 2026, Embayments, Hatcheries
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/KitoiBay.mp3 Kitoi Bay is a cove about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) across on the west side of Izhut Bay, on the southeast coast of Afognak Island, roughly 105 miles (169 km) southwest of Homer and 28...