Alaska's remote town Whittier is full of magical adventures like driving through the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel and enjoying unique hikes. Visiting Whittier gives you access to breathtaking ...

Update 6 a.m. Thursday: State road workers escorted a pair of convoys Wednesday night through the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel to Whittier and are planning another pair on Thursday. The Alaska ...

The only land route in and out of Whittier has reopened after about three days of closure as a contract crew finished work at the site of a rockfall. The Alaska Department of Transportation and ...

Fallen rocks in the Whittier Tunnel caused the Alaska Department of Transportation to temporarily close the thoroughfare, cutting off road and rail links to the community. Listen Now ...

ANCHORAGE — The state-run tunnel taking vehicle and train traffic to and from the port town of Whittier has been closed for rock-stabilization work after ...

The Whittier Tunnel (or Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel) was built for trains in 1943, but now traffic takes turns to drive down its one lane at a speed limit of 40km/h, according to Atlas Obscura.

How small is Whittier? About 217 people live there, and it's accessible only by boat or a one-way, one-lane tunnel. But the strangest thing about this town is that nearly all of its residents live ...

Like most cities in Alaska, the seaside town of Whittier, Alaska, is remote and difficult to access even in the best of conditions. With far-reaching mountains to the north and the Gulf of Alaska ...

High winds in the Portage area and along Turnagain Arm Monday morning closed the Anton Anderson Tunnel to vehicular traffic. The tunnel links Whittier to the Seward Highway. Download Audio ...

The state-run tunnel taking vehicle and train traffic to and from the port town of Whittier has been closed for rock-stabilization work after two boulders fell near the side of the roadway this week.