The Beauty of Alaska's St. Matthew Island By Ned Rozell [fusion_dropcap]S[/fusion_dropcap]T. MATTHEW ISLAND — I'm resting on a mattress of tundra plants that are growing more than 200 miles from the nearest Alaska village. While I have snuck away here to my own private ridgetop, eight other people, all scientists, are somewhere on this 30-mile-long [...]