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Posted: 5/16/2013 9:24:50 PM EST
In this June 2011 photo released by NOAA Fisheries, harbor seals lie in the sun on a sandbar on Iliamna Lake, Alaska, during a summer survey. The National Marine Fisheries Service announced Thursday May 16, 2013 it will consider listing a population of harbor seals that live in a freshwater Alaska lake as a threatened or endangered species, a decision that could affect the massive Pebble Mine development project. (AP Photo/NOAA Fisheries, Dave Withrow)
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Posted: 5/16/2013 6:20:35 PM EST
A photo made by Brandon Wilson and provided by the Alaska Volcano Observatory shows steam and the fresh lava flow on the north side of the volcano late Monday, May 13, 2013 in Alaska. Pavlof is the second Alaska volcano to erupt this month. (AP Photo/Brandon Wilson)
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Posted: 5/16/2013 6:20:35 PM EST
In this photo provided by Mike Tickle, the Pavlof Volcano emits a minor steam and ash plume, as seen Tuesday, May 14, 2013, from the community of Cold Bay, Alaska. The Alaska Volcano Observatory said satellite images show a small lava flow down a flank of the Volcano, located 625 miles southwest of Anchorage. (AP Photo/Mike Tickle)
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Posted: 5/15/2013 2:42:24 PM EST
Kali, a polar bear cub orphaned when its mother was killed by a hunter in northwest Alaska, climbs the screen of his cage on Monday, May 13, 2013, at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage, Alaska. UPS will fly the cub Tuesday to its new temporary home at the Buffalo Zoo. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)
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Posted: 5/14/2013 6:44:40 PM EST
In this Tuesday, May 7, 2013 photo, at the Alaska Volcano Observatory in Anchorage, Ak., geophysicist John Power of the U.S. Geological Survey talks about the impacts of federal budget cuts that have hampered the maintenance of aging seismic equipment. Four other U.S. observatories face funding challenges as well. (AP Photo/Rachel D'Oro)
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Posted: 5/14/2013 6:08:48 AM EST
This undated image from the Alaska Vocano Observatory shows Geologist Kristi Wallace, left, and Scientist-in-Charge John Power in the AVO operations room. Scientists monitoring Alaska's volcanoes have been forced to shut down stations that provide real-time tracking of eruptions and forgo repairs of seismic equipment amid ongoing federal budget cuts _ moves that could mean delays in getting vital information to airline pilots and emergency planners. (AP Photo/Alaska Volcano Observatory and U.S. Geological Survey)
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Posted: 5/13/2013 8:47:54 PM EST
Kali, a polar bear cub orphaned when its mother was killed by a hunter in northwest Alaska, climbs the screen of his cage on Monday, May 13, 2013, at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage, Alaska. UPS will fly the cub Tuesday to its new temporary home at the Buffalo Zoo. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)
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Posted: 5/13/2013 8:47:54 PM EST
Kali, a polar bear cub orphaned when its mother was killed by a hunter in northwest Alaska, climbs the screen of his cage on Monday, May 13, 2013, at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage, Alaska. UPS will fly the cub Tuesday to its new temporary home at the Buffalo Zoo. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)
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Posted: 5/8/2013 5:32:26 PM EST
FILE - This Friday, May 18, 2012 file photo shows fliets of Copper River Salmon from Alaska in Seattle. Eating fish is good for your heart but taking fish oil capsules does not help people at high risk of heart problems who are already taking medicines to prevent them, a large study in Italy found. The work, published in the Thursday, May 9, 2013 New England Journal of Medicine, makes clearer who does and does not benefit from taking supplements of omega-3 fatty acids, the good oils found in fish such as salmon, tuna and sardines. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Posted: 5/6/2013 12:02:28 PM EST
Wind patterns are left in the ice pack that covers the Arctic Ocean north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska March 19, 2011. Picture taken March 19, 2011. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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Posted: 5/6/2013 10:28:40 AM EST
In this photo taken May 26, 2008, tourists are shown in front of the welcome center at Icy Strait Point in Hoonah Alaska. An Alaska Native village corporation that operates a popular cruise ship destination has launched a commercial consulting service for others seeking help developing their own cultural tourism ventures. Huna Totem Corp. opened Alaska Native Voices on Wednesday, May 1, 2013. Huna Totem is the village Native corporation for Hoonah, a largely Tlingit community of 775 in southeast Alaska and one of the front-runners of tribal tourism, a growing trend in Alaska and nationally. (AP Photo/ Icy Strait Point) NO SALES
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Posted: 5/6/2013 10:28:40 AM EST
FILE - In this photo taken Aug. 16, 2010, an aerial view of Icy Strait point with the historic cannery buildings in the background in Hoonah, Alaska is shown. An Alaska Native village corporation that operates a popular cruise ship destination has launched a commercial consulting service for others seeking help developing their own cultural tourism ventures. Huna Totem Corp. opened Alaska Native Voices on Wednesday, May 1, 2013. Huna Totem is the village Native corporation for Hoonah, a largely Tlingit community of 775 in southeast Alaska and one of the front-runners of tribal tourism, a growing trend in Alaska and nationally. (AP Photo/Icy Strait Point) NO SALES
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Posted: 5/6/2013 10:28:40 AM EST
FILE In this photo taken in May of 2005, a Tlingit dancer performs at the Native theater at Icy Strait Point in Hoonah Alaska. An Alaska Native village corporation that operates a popular cruise ship destination has launched a commercial consulting service for others seeking help developing their own cultural tourism ventures. Huna Totem Corp. opened Alaska Native Voices on Wednesday, May 1, 2013. Huna Totem is the village Native corporation for Hoonah, a largely Tlingit community of 775 in southeast Alaska and one of the front-runners of tribal tourism, a growing trend in Alaska and nationally. (AP Photo/Icy Strait Point) NO SALEs
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Posted: 4/26/2013 12:48:33 PM EST
Bill Parker holds a brochure from a failed 2004 initiative to legalize the recreational use of marijuana at his home in Anchorage, Alaska, Thursday, April 25, 2013. Parker is one of the sponsors of an initiative to yet again let Alaska voters decide a measure in 2014. Parker, a former state lawmaker, also supported a failed ballot effort in 2004, but feels possibly the time is right after Washington state and Colorado passed similar measures last year. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
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Posted: 4/26/2013 12:48:33 PM EST
Bill Parker poses for a photograph at his home in Anchorage, Alaska, Thursday, April 25, 2013. Parker is one of the sponsors of an initiative to let Alaska voters decide to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. Parker, a former state lawmaker, also supported a failed ballot effort in 2004, but feels possibly the time is right after Washington state and Colorado passed similar measures last year. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
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Posted: 4/17/2013 5:38:24 PM EST
In this photo provided by the U.S. Army and made Sunday April 14, 2013, members of the Army's Alaska Northern Warfare Training Center prepare to descend 145 feet to a 15-foot space inside an Alaska glacier in the Hoodoo Mountains to extract the body of a 9-year-old boy who fell through the hole on his snowmobile on Saturday. The men on Sunday shoveled 3,000 pounds of snow into bags lifted out by soldiers at the surface to reach the body of Shjon Brown. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)
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Posted: 4/17/2013 5:38:24 PM EST
In this photo provided by the U.S. Army and taken Sunday April 14, 2013, members of the Army's Alaska Northern Warfare Training Center prepare to descend 145 feet to a 15-foot space inside an Alaska glacier in the Hoodoo Mountains to extract the body of a 9-year-old boy who fell through the hole on his snowmobile on Saturday. The men on Sunday shoveled 3,000 pounds of snow into bags lifted out by soldiers at the surface to reach the body of Shjon Brown. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)
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Posted: 4/17/2013 5:38:24 PM EST
In this photo provided by the U.S. Army and taken Sunday April 14, 2013, members of the Army's Alaska Northern Warfare Training Center prepare to descend 145 feet to a 15-foot space inside an Alaskan glacier in the Hoodoo Mountains to extract the body of a 9-year-old boy who fell through the hole on his snowmobile on Saturday. The men on Sunday shoveled 3,000 pounds of snow into bags lifted out by soldiers at the surface to reach the body of Shjon Brown. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)
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Posted: 4/15/2013 4:13:26 AM EST
In this April 1, 2013 photo provided by Storyknife, Alaska best-selling author Dana Stabenow works at her home outside Homer, Alaska. Stabenow has announced plans to create Storyknife Writer’s Retreat. This will include a main building and six cabins where women writers will do nothing during their residency except write. The project is in the fund-raising phase. Stabenow is a former worker on Alaska’s North Slope who has written 29 novels, and is best known for her Kate Shugak mystery novels. (AP Photo/Storyknife, Nathan Havey)
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Posted: 4/15/2013 4:13:26 AM EST
In this April 1, 2013 photo provided by Storyknife, Alaska best-selling author Dana Stabenow works at her home outside Homer, Alaska. Stabenow has announced plans to create Storyknife Writer’s Retreat. This will include a main building and six cabins where women writers will do nothing during their residency except write. The project is in the fund-raising phase. Stabenow is a former worker on Alaska’s North Slope who has written 29 novels, and is best known for her Kate Shugak mystery novels. (AP Photo/Storyknife, Nathan Havey)
