Arctic Ocean vs. ANWR: The unthinkable and ‘the last great wilderness’
The second of a four-part series detailing how the United States decided to allow offshore oil drilling in Alaska’s Arctic,
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Island village in Alaska faces winter fuel crisis
While Shell Oil searches for petroleum riches beneath the Arctic Ocean north of Alaska’s coastline, the fate of a remote
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Arctic Ocean vs. ANWR: A tale of two oil fields
Editor’s note: The first of a four-part series on how the nation decided to allow offshore oil drilling in Alaska’s
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Whale meat lures 80 polar bears to Arctic Alaska community
When hunters from the Arctic Alaska community of Kaktovik bagged a bowhead whale in early September, it wasn’t just the
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Shell gets approval for work in Beaufort, seeks OK from whalers
Federal regulators on Thursday gave Royal Dutch Shell the green light to move forward with preliminary well work in the
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Russia flexes Arctic muscles; Bishop christens North Pole
In a spectacle similar to 2007’s underwater North Pole flag planting incident, Russia’s latest assertion of influence in the Arctic
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A new gold rush in Nome, Alaska
NOME — The small boat harbor here was already clogged with gold dredges in late August when Brian Sanders and
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Windmills could be adding power to Anchorage, Alaska grid within weeks
Eleven wind turbines that have altered the Anchorage landscape and will soon supplement Anchorage’s power supply are up and almost
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Shell scales back Arctic oil drilling goals for this year
It was a tough year for Royal Dutch Shell to kick off its multibillion-dollar gambit on drilling for offshore oil
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Despite upswing in prices, trapping declines in much of rural Alaska
When Heidi Hatcher decided to do an interview project documenting community involvement in trapping across rural Alaska, she figured she
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Could Russian woolly mammoth mummy lead to cloning of the ancient beast?
The discovery of a well-preserved mammoth in the Russian Arctic has stirred conversation about the possibility of cloning a woolly
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Arctic residents brace for massive mine in Nunavut, Canada
Baffinland proposal would create largest industrial project ever in the North A massive open-pit iron mine proposed on northern Baffin
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Russia plans to construct largest nuclear-powered icebreaker ever
Earth already has plenty of nuclear-powered things; however Russia is eager to add to the list. Alaska’s eastern (and northern)
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Arctic ice: Floes impeding Shell Oil hold promise for Pacific walrus
A 30-by-12-mile chunk of sea ice floating tens of miles offshore of mainland Alaska in the Chukchi Sea, one of
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Tiny Arctic crustaceans may be riding climate change wave
With sea ice levels at record lows and shorelines receding, scientists are concerned about the adaptability of animals to global
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