Kathryn Sullivan

In October 1984, I watched the sun illuminate Alaska’s Malaspina Glacier from 200 miles above earth. Looking down from the space shuttle Challenger, I was able to fully appreciate the scale and magnitude of a piece of ice 40 miles wide and 28 miles long, roughly 50 times the size of Manhattan Island. Today’s space … Continue reading Climate change demands close watch, accurate measures in Arctic

OPINION: President’s Obama’s recent signing of the Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act is a milestone in the fight to keep illegally-caught fish from entering ports and illegal catch off the market. But it also allows the U.S. to ratify a global treaty which no state has more to gain from than Alaska.