i mean, i guess. its a much shorter boat ride though.

well you can drive onto a boat...and then to the capital

till is not what was under the glacier, it is what is left behind by the glacier, eg. unsorted silts. there is a gradient between bouldery till and silty till/drift. much of the mat-su has this silty material. further north we have a lot of loess which is EXTREMELY prone to liquefaction.

yes and yes. we are also experiencing climate change much sooner and more severely than the lower 48, creating permafrost thaw and ruining our roads. currently we pander to the oil companies and provide maintenance on highways on which oil equipment is by far the greatest percentage of traffic, at the same time that…

we have FOUR, thank you very much. and MOST of them are paved!

luckily the ground is frozen already or that would have been a major concern.  much of the land north of anchorage is glacial till which is very susceptible to liquefaction

oh, and theres the potential for the EPA to withhold federal infrastructure funding due to air quality conditions in the interior

just want to point out that the state of infrastructure in alaska is abysmal, even compared to the rest of the US.  Our roads are failing and bridges are falling apart even without earthquakes.  We now have a new governor with no clear plan forward other than a vague promise to give everyone $6700.  We’re just, maybe,…

shook my office building nearly 400 miles north

ah yes this ‘fad’ thats been going on for over 35 years already

i have pulled full size pickups and SUVs out of the ditch in the snow with my subaru impreza multiple times

thats possibly the dumbest thing i’ve ever read on this blog.

they’ve been saying for three decades that the gas pipeline is coming next year.  granted, it currently feels closer than ever, but i’m not holding my breath.

you “feel” that littering in a community of 5000 is contributing to a global loss of sea ice on a massive scale?  you’re on a science blog bro, stfu.  i’ve been to barrow many times and definitely know what you’re talking about, but blaming such a small group of people for the results of climate change is fucked man.

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yeah but i live and work in places that have had -72 BEFORE the wind chill.

heck i live at 65N and you still dont see people wearing them til it hits 40 below

if you need a true parka for arctic conditions, they are decent, but overpriced and heavy.  if you’re doing anything short of snowmobiling across the arctic tundra, just get yourself a heavy north face/mountain hardware/marmot down coat.  you’ll save hundreds of dollars, be just as warm maybe warmer, and not feel like…

i see you know what i mean about the 3.0 then

if you think a truck can be younger than 3 decades and earn the title “NOTHING stops it” you’re on the wrong site.  Yes the 3.0.