The heavily trafficked attraction is operating with reduced staff after federal firings, but it has a higher volume of ...

Arctic terns came back to Juneau in late April to nest at the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area. Gwen Baluss, a wildlife ...

Students learned about the science behind the annual flood and what’s being done to protect their school and neighborhoods.

When 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.

Mendenhall Glacier welcomes more than 400,000 visitors each year, and it's easy to see why: aside from its stunning arctic beauty, the glacier is only 12 miles outside Juneau and it's the only ...

This is a developing story. A warning about a sizeable collapse of the Mendenhall Glacier, following active calving recently and a large crack on its face, was issued by the U.S. Forest Service on ...

A huge new evaluation for overhauling the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area is in, and people still largely have the same huge concerns about the impacts of more facilities and visitors.

The torrent was caused by glacial lake outburst flooding from the Suicide Basin – an ice- and water-filled basin adjacent to Juneau’s Mendenhall Glacier – and flowed into the Mendenhall Lake ...

(Katie Anastas/KTOO) For Ron Verheul and his wife, Lucy, the Mendenhall Glacier was a must-see. The question was how to get there. “I wanted to take the city bus because I wanted to save some money.

The three-hour tours are limited to six passengers and include a complimentary stop at the Brotherhood Bridge for a view of the Mendenhall Glacier. Gastineau Guiding Company is unique in that it ...

Homes and apartments were damaged or destroyed by a flood in Juneau, Alaska, caused by the melting Mendenhall glacier. Climate change is making these kinds of floods a growing issue around the world.

Former Forest Service architect Linn Forrest Sr. was the principal designer of the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center. Linn arrived in Juneau in 1937 during the Great Depression to investigate ...