Wildfires on the Seward Peninsula

Wildfires on the Seward Peninsula

By Rick Thoman Alaska Climate Specialist Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy International Arctic Research Center/University of Alaska Fairbanks Wildfires on the Seward Peninsula are episodic. In some years there are none at all, and in most years there are a few fires but — by Alaska standards —don’t burn large areas. But there are occasional big wildfire years. Since the early 1950s, fire has burned more than 2.8 million acres …