While kelp forests persist along northern Maine's rocky coast, kelp abundance has declined by as much as 80% on the southern coast in recent decades. In its stead, carpet-like turf algae have moved in ...

This story, “Lost in an Icy Hell,” appeared in the February 1971 issue of Outdoor Life. The match was a flimsy thing, torn from a book, and it would not strike. Until that moment I had never realized ...