Alaska Science Pod

Ep. 11: Field Notes: Into the Ghost Forest


Listen Later

At the height of summer in 2021, Ned accompanied University of Alaska Fairbanks ecologist Ben Gaglioti to a ghost forest a glacier had run over in Southeast Alaska. Ned and Ben spent about two weeks near La Perouse Glacier, the one that ran over the trees during a cold period called the Little Ice Age. The story begins with the pair standing on a lonely beach about 100 miles south of Yakutat after a bush pilot dropped them off. (28:10)

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Alaska Science PodBy UAF Geophysical Institute

  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5

5

7 ratings