by Todays Alaska Team | May 16, 2019 | Experiencing Alaska
Just inside the Anchorage city limits is a quiet town with little to do, little to see, and not much going on. And the residents love it. Eagle River Alaska, isn’t exactly a tourist destination – it has a few places to eat, but most everything shuts down in the...
by Todays Alaska Team | May 8, 2019 | Blog, Experiencing Alaska
The Northern Lights are beautiful displays of neon-green, neon-pink, and blue hues. These lights have fascinated the world over, from native tribes to foreign settlers far and wide.Did you know the Northern Lights are created by collisions between electrically charged...
by Todays Alaska Team | May 7, 2019 | Experiencing Alaska
One of the most popular glaciers in all of Alaska is also one of the smallest.Alaska is home to dozens upon dozens of glaciers, and nearly 40 of them reside in the Harding Icefield, the largest continuous stretch of glacier, snow, and cold in the United States. No...
by Todays Alaska Team | Apr 23, 2019 | Experiencing Alaska, Life In Alaska
A little over an hour from Anchorage is a large block of ice that’s slowly disappearing, and you’re highly encouraged to watch.Portage Glacier is a short way’s inland off the Gulf of Alaska, sitting atop a lake that exists, in great part, because of the glacier...
by Todays Alaska Team | Apr 14, 2019 | Blog, Experiencing Alaska, Uncategorized
The Friends of Eagle River Nature Center came into existence when it became apparent that the Chugach State Park were no longer able to support the center financially. In 1995, Carole and Dick Lloyd, with Asta Spurgis, took over in running the center, and it is...