JUNEAU — Over the past few months, contractors in Juneau have been constructing roughly 2 miles of temporary barriers, in ...

They map and monitor the area with drones and ... They were not in a designated flood zone. As the Mendenhall Glacier and its tributaries continue to melt, scientists are facing renewed urgency ...

A map showing Alternative 2, the most aggressive of seven options for expanding the Mendenhall Glacier Recreational Area, highlights key features that would be subject to various levels of ...

A new flood preparedness website for Juneau residents is now live. The Juneau Glacial Flood Dashboard was developed by the ...

(Anna Canny/KTOO) Three scientists shuffled across the vivid blue ice of the Mendenhall Glacier, following a silty ... photos to build a three-dimensional map of the basin. Understanding the ...

W hen the Forest Service’s Fireside Lectures began in 1962 at Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center attendees gathered around a roaring log fire in the observatory’s natural stone fireplace.

JUNEAU, Alaska, May 07, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--One of Alaska’s most accessible and most stunning and iconic natural wonders, the Mendenhall Glacier, located in the Tongass National Forest ...

The torrent of frigid meltwater that burst from an Alaskan glacier Tuesday and flooded at least 100 homes, swamped cars and forced residents to wade to safety has become a summertime scourge for ...

Nearby, friends helped carry boxes out of her family’s garage, which was inundated this week after a lake dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier let rip — sending floodwaters into neighborhoods like ...

For the second year in a row, an outburst of flooding from a naturally dammed lake at the Mendenhall Glacier has caused damage to homes in Juneau. For the second year in a row, there's been record ...

Edward Damecki made the Juneau model in 1963. Generations of locals and visitors remember learning from the map where the Mendenhall Glacier originated in the icy plateau beyond their view.