A landmass that was previously encased in the ice of Alaska's Alsek Glacier is now fully surrounded by water, forming a new island in the state, NASA satellite images reveal. The nearly ...

An Italian man conducting research on an Alaska glacier was missing after he fell in a stream of meltwater and went into a 2-foot-wide vertical shaft in the ice Tuesday afternoon, officials said. The ...

SITKAGI BLUFFS — While paddling a glacial lake complete with icebergs and milky blue water, I dipped my left hand, then tasted my fingers. Salty. That was a surprise to me, thirsty there on the edge ...

The Alaska Department of Public Safety said a researcher from Italy vanished after he fell into a stream on the Mendenhall Glacier on Sept. 2 Attempts to find the man were called off after rescuers ...

The water pushed the man into a hole in the ice that suddenly filled with a torrent of water. He hasn’t been seen since. By Adeel Hassan A researcher from Italy is feared dead after he fell into a ...

Two tourists fell to their deaths this week near a glacier in southeastern Alaska, in separate fatal incidents, authorities said. Juneau Mountain Rescue and multiple crews of search dogs surveyed the ...

The missing man is from Italy and was performing research on the glacier, authorities in Alaska said The Alaska Department of Public Safety said a researcher from Italy vanished after he fell into a ...

Nevada’s last glacier is real. It exists. Driving across Nevada over Labor Day weekend, I feared it would already be gone. The writer or journalist or recordkeeper has this fear: that if we don’t ...

A snowboarder in Boulder County was rescued by rescue crews after falling down Skyscraper Glacier, west of Nederland. The 27-year-old man was going down the glacier Monday afternoon when he fell about ...