Margaret Darrow, a professor of geological engineering at University of Alaska Fairbanks, listens to community members as they recall details from the night of last November's deadly landslides. Darrow and her team have been in town for five days to examine the slide area. They talked with residents Saturday evening at the Nolan Center.
A team of experts has been conducting research in Wrangell this week, hoping to pinpoint the cause of last November's landslides. As a part of its visit, the group gave a well-attended presentation on Saturday evening at the Nolan Center to keep the community informed on their findings.
The team's research is funded by a National Science Foundation rapid response research grant, known as RAPID.
Led by Margaret Darrow, a professor in geological engineering at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the RAPID team has already scheduled a second visit to Wrangell in the late fall where they will shar...
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