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- The Alaska-Siberia Telegraph | Geophysical Institute
The plan for the Alaska-Siberia Telegraph was originated by Perry McDonough Collins, while undertaking a commercial venture in the Amur Valley of Siberia Collins envisioned an intercontinental telegraph link from California, north through British Columbia, across Russian America to Siberia, via the Bering Strait, and across Siberia to Europe
- Messages in a Raven Rattle | Geophysical Institute
Recently I had the chance to spend an afternoon in the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, home of a splendid collection of Pacific Northwest Native art It's a place worth a pilgrimage The spectacular building, designed by Canada's famous architect Arthur Erickson, echoes themes borrowed from a Haida longhouse; it's constructed so that one gallery is tall enough to
- The Shuttle Red Aurora | Geophysical Institute
By glowing red on Sunday night, April 12, 1981, the heavens over the United States displayed their pleasure with the successful flight of the shuttle Columbia Perhaps because Columbia was up that night, more Americans than usual looked up at the sky and saw the red aurora that covered much of the nation, even as far south as Texas
- Exporting Water | Geophysical Institute
Suppose that there were a means to collect a part of the rainfall from a portion of southeast Alaska or British Columbia the size of the Queen Charlotte Islands, about 4,000 square miles Considering the huge rainfall in these areas, it might be feasible to collect four feet of the annual rainfall without it even being missed
- Ranking Rivers | Geophysical Institute
For comparison, that's right ahead of the Columbia in area drained and right after it in discharge (The Columbia River also needs Canada to gain its rank; its source is in British Columbia ) Two Yukon tributaries also make the list The Porcupine ranks 20th in drainage area, and the Tanana is number 16 for average discharge
- Avalanches, Landslides, Good For Some | Geophysical Institute
University of British Columbia researcher Roger Ramcharita followed radio-tagged grizzly bears' spring wanderings in the Columbia Mountains While avalanche tracks made up only 10 percent of Ramcharita's study area, bears spent 40 percent of their time there eating avalanche-lily roots and other early-blooming plants
- Evidence Piling Up for Coastal Migration Route
A few summers ago, archaeologist Joanne McSporran saw a sharp black rock in a pile of gravel pulled from the seafloor off British Columbia
- The Alaska-Canada Boundary | Geophysical Institute
The Alaska-Canada boundary was originally established in February 1825 by Russia (then owner of Alaska) and Great Britain (then owner of Canada)
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