The UN has declared 2025 as the year of glacier preservation. Here's how to visit one safely
With glaciers disappearing at an alarming rate, 2025 has been named the Year of International Glacier Preservation. Here's ...
World Glacier Day: Trekking the blue ice of Perito Moreno in Argentina
EL CALAFATE, Argentina (AP) — A creak, a thunderous roar, and then the plunge: Argentina’s Perito Moreno Glacier calves ...
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9 Mountain Trip Ideas for When You Want to Unplug and Reset
And while I love a beach vacation or a trip to a big city, a different type of destination has taken over my travel daydreams ...
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The Best Hiking Shoes for Men Who'd Rather Do Anything Else
If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission. The best hiking shoes for men go beyond the Great Outdoors (no, not outer space). See, it doesn’t take a hardcore outdoorsman to ...
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Trump administration firings at Alaska parks and forests threaten tourism, industry representatives say
In Juneau, tourism representatives say virtually all the employees at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center, part of the Tongass National Forest, have been terminated. That's raising questions ...
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Key Royal Caribbean destination hurt by massive budget cuts
According to the local Juneau Convention & Visitors Bureau, Trump’s cuts have "trimmed staff at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor ... services like safety advice, trail recommendations, and ...
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Trump firings at Juneau glacier's visitor center prompt summer tourism concerns
Most of the staff at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center were fired earlier this month, leaving city tourism leaders worried that one of Juneau’s most popular visitor destinations may reduce ...
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Juneau’s tourism sector unsure what will happen at Mendenhall Glacier as summer season approaches
Most of the staff at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center were fired earlier this month, leaving city tourism leaders worried that one of Juneau’s most popular visitor destinations may reduce ...
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Firing on: Remaining Forest Service staff fill in to keep Mendenhall Glacier activities flowing
It was busyness as usual for kids on a scavenger hunt for snowflakes at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center on Saturday morning, as well as for some adults who stopped by the front desk to ask ...
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Climate change is shrinking glaciers faster than ever, with 7 trillion tons lost since 2000
(AP) — Climate change is accelerating the melting of the world’s mountain glaciers, according to a massive new study that found them shrinking more than twice as fast as in the early 2000s ...
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Begich supports Trump’s federal cutbacks, but ‘I recognize the process won’t be perfect’
But there’s also more things that need breaking. Firing nearly all of the staff at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center during the past week, for instance, appears to be a situation where ...
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Global glacier melt is accelerating, scientists say
The research -- coordinated by the World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS), The University of Edinburgh and research group Earthwave -- was an effort to bring together field and satellite ...