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72 Rescued on Alaska Sightseeing Cruise

Only minor injuries reported as passengers taken to Bartlett Cove

(Newser) - Seventy-two sightseers in Glacier Bay were rescued yesterday after their boat struck a rock and began taking on water, reports AP . Only a few minor injuries were reported. The four-man crew remained on the leaking ship, but 70 passengers were transferred to another cruise ship and taken to Bartlett Cove....

Alaska Quietly Has North America's Biggest Landslide

It registered as a 3.4 earthquake

(Newser) - A landslide in Alaska last month may have been the biggest ever in North America—and it almost went completely unnoticed. A pilot happened to fly over the remote valley beneath Lituya Mountain in Glacier Bay National Park this week and snap pictures of the aftermath, the AP reports. A...

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