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Binky (1975 – July 20, 1995) was a captive male polar bear who lived at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage.In separate incidents in 1994, Binky mauled two zoo visitors; these events received international news coverage.
The Alaska Anchorage Seawolves men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college ice hockey program that represents the University of Alaska Anchorage. The Seawolves were an original member of the now defunct men's division in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA).
The Anchorage Museum is "a world-class museum located in the heart of Alaska's largest city". It welcomes over 180,000 annual visitors from Alaska and from around the world and serves as a cultural center for the community. The museum is repeatedly ranked among Alaska's top ten visitor attractions.
The 1964 Alaska earthquake, also known as the Great Alaska earthquake and Good Friday earthquake, occurred at 5:36 PM AKST on Good Friday, March 27, 1964. [2] Across south-central Alaska, ground fissures, collapsing structures, and tsunamis resulting from the earthquake caused about 139 deaths.
In 1976, Hansen pleaded guilty to larceny after he attempted to steal a chainsaw from an Anchorage Fred Meyer store. He was sentenced to five years in prison and required to receive psychiatric treatment for his manic depression. [13] The Alaska Supreme Court reduced Hansen's sentence, and he was released with time served. [14]
The mayor and the assembly of Anchorage in 2019 issued a climate action plan for the anticipated effects that climate change will have on its city and people. [9] The action plan includes all of the municipality of Anchorage, as far north as Eklutna and as south as Portage. One of the major goals of the climate action plan is to reduce green ...
Tony Barnette: 1983: living: Anchorage: MLB player for the Texas Rangers: Laird Barron: 1970: living: Palmer: sled dog racer, writer Rex Beach: 1877: 1949: Nome, Rampart: writer; one of many participants in the Nome Gold Rush and related events who became famous elsewhere (see below for other examples)
Alaska Anchorage Seawolves men's ice hockey (1979–1983, 2019–present) The Avis Alaska Sports Complex (originally the UAA Sports Center and later both the Wells Fargo Sports Complex and Seawolf Sports Complex ) is a multi-purpose complex on the campus of the University of Alaska Anchorage in Anchorage, Alaska .