The accident was the latest tragedy at Turnagain Arm, a 48-mile-long estuary carved out long ago by glaciers that travels southeast from the Anchorage area and parallels a major highway.

A man who was walking on tidal mud flats with friends in the Alaska estuary of Turnagain Arm became submerged up to his waist in the quicksand-like silt and drowned as the tide came in before ...

A handful of surfers paddled out into Turnagain Arm’s muddy waters Thursday evening in hopes of catching a large bore tide. “It was like a freight train,” said first-time surfer Chris Brown ...

Surfers wade into the shallow water of Turnagain Arm on Monday. (Dev Hardikar/Alaska Public Media) Twice a day, the normally calm waters of the Turnagain Arm surge upwards, creating a wave known ...

Zachary Porter was submerged Sunday evening as the tide came in The accident was the latest tragedy at Turnagain Arm, a 77-kilometre-long estuary Three others have drowned at the mudflats ...

Zachary Porter, of Lake Bluff, Illinois, was walking on the mud flats at the treacherous Turnagain Arm — a 48-mile-long estuary carved out by glaciers — with friends on Sunday evening when he ...

Zachary Porter, a college student from Lake Bluff, was on a trip with friends in Alaska when he got sucked into the mud while crossing the treacherous Turnagain Arm — a 48-mile-long estuary ...

Sep. 4—A semi traveling the Seward Highway late Tuesday left the road and ended up in the waters of Turnagain Arm near Portage. Girdwood Fire and Rescue crews arriving on scene found the driver ...