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Bookmark or Share- The Unknown Legacy of Alaska's Atomic TestsThey chose Amchitka Island, vacated by Native people more than 100 years earlier and used as a military base in World War II. In 1965, the Department of Defense drilled a deep hole in the island and set off an 80-kiloton nuclear blast to determine American seismologists' ability to detect bombs other countries might be setting off underground.
- Biologist trapper retires after helping transform AleutiansIn 1949, Bob “Sea Otter” Jones, a biologist and World War II veteran hired by the refuge, started removing foxes from Amchitka Island. Since then, refuge biologists and hired trappers have returned 48 islands to their fox-free beginnings, first using poison baits and since the 1990s using traps and rifles.
- Arctic foxes made Aleutians less green - Geophysical InstituteAlaska Science Forum /. Arctic foxes made Aleutians less green. Nizki Island in the western Aleutians is one of many islands to which birds are returning after the removal of foxes. Scientists have found islands without foxes have more lush vegetation than islands with foxes. Biologists and trappers removed the last fox from Nizki in 1976.
- Scientists Show Kelp Helps--with a Little Help from their FriendsBreadcrumb. Home / ; Alaska Science Forum / ; Scientists Show Kelp Helps--with a Little Help from their Friends
- Alaska's Major Fault Systems | Geophysical InstituteOn the basis of comparing similar rock types on both sides of the Denali fault in Canada and Alaska, scientists at the Geophysical Institute estimate that 240 miles (400 kilometers) of displacement has taken place over the past 60 million years. It is probable that Mts. Hess, Deborah and Hayes, southwest of Delta Junction in the Alaska Range ...
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