Aurora Roth

REPORTER & CONTRIBUTOR

Aurora Roth has worked as a polar scientist and educator for over a decade in Alaska, Antarctica, and Greenland. Born and raised in Fairbanks and Girdwood, she is currently a PhD candidate at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.

STORIES BY AURORA ROTH (1)

Greenland

Opinion: Trump would never eat muktuk. Why Alaskans should stand with Greenlanders now.

I’ve worked as a climate and ice scientist in Greenland for almost a decade. Alaskans share language, wild foods and culture with the people who live there.

BY Aurora RothJan 21, 2026