by CoastView | Oct 30, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Shishmaref is an Iñupiat community situated on Sarichef Island, a barrier island between Shishmaref Inlet to the south and the Chukchi Sea to the north, on the northern coast of the Seward Peninsula in the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, about 105 miles (169 km)...
by CoastView | Oct 27, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Wainwright is an Iñupiat community on the Chukchi Sea coastline situated on a barrier beach adjacent to Wainwright Inlet and the Kuk River, about 94 miles (151 km) northeast of Point Lay and 86 miles (138 km) southwest of Utqiaġvik, Alaska. The inlet is also known as...
by CoastView | Oct 19, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Tigara Peninsula is a prominent point of land extending west for 13 miles (21 km) from the mouth of the Kukpuk River on the Cape Lisburne peninsula into the Chukchi Sea, about 320 miles (516 km) southwest of Utqiaġvik and 151 miles (244 km) northwest of Kotzebue,...
by CoastView | Jul 25, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Embayments, Glaciers, July 2026, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TracyArm.mp3 Tracy Arm is a glaciated fjord in the Tracy Arm–Fords Terror Wilderness of Tongass National Forest, about 85 miles (137 km) northeast of Sitka and 42 miles (68 km) southeast of...
by CoastView | Jul 7, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, Best of 2023, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, July 2026, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/NorthDawesGlacier.mp3 North Dawes Glacier originates in the Stikine Icefield at roughly 5,200 feet (1,585 m) on the western flank of Sheppard Peak and flows southwest for 15 miles (24 km) to a...
by CoastView | Jul 5, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, July 2026, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/YahtseGlacier.mp3 Yahtse Glacier flows to a tidewater terminus in Icy Bay between Guyot Hills to the west and Karr Hills to the east, about 152 miles (245 km) east-southeast of Cordova and 71...
