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Author: Alaska Dispatch News

Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Law of the Sea treaty ratification dead in U.S. Senate

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 13:35
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It now appears that any chance  the U.S. Congress would ratify the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea

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Environment Environment (USA) USA 

Freak thunderstorm rumbles in Alaska’s northernmost city

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 15:38
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An unusually warm day in the United States’s coldest and northernmost community sparked a freak rumbling of thunder on Sunday,

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Environment Environment (USA) USA 

What’s the real damage of Shell’s Alaska drilling rig drifting incident?

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, July 16, 2012 at 14:22
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The damage to Royal Dutch Shell’s reputation may be the biggest consequence of the misstep in Unalaska Saturday when a

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Society Society (USA) USA 

Alaska glacier complicates recovery efforts at site of 1952 military tragedy

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, July 13, 2012 at 12:40
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It’s easy to see how somebody could get lost in the craggy crevasses of Alaska’s Knik and Colony glaciers, located

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Society Society (USA) USA 

First Americans passed through Alaska in three distinct waves

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 18:23
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People arrived in North and South America in three distinct waves instead of one, with most modern Native Americans descending

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Environment Environment (USA) USA 

Bristol Bay fishery in Alaska on track as salmon season wanes

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 16:09
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The number of fish returning to the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery has fallen sharply in at least one major

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News 

Polar bear scientist: Why I care about Zoos

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 15:44
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I am chief scientist for Polar Bears International, the leading nonprofit dedicated to saving polar bears from extinction. For most

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Politics Politics (USA) USA 

A silver screen for Bethel, Alaska

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 19:39
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Just in time for sequels to the “Amazing Spider Man,” “Transformers” and “X-Men”, residents of Bethel, the small town in

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Environment Environment (USA) USA 

Tsunami debris widespread in Alaska, but not radioactive, says group

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 14:58
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Surveyors examining several Alaska beaches for Japanese tsunami debris found fuel canisters and scores of Styrofoam blocks and oyster floats,

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Business USA 

Shell’s biggest regulatory challenges in Arctic Alaska may yet lie ahead

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 14:45
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Editor’s note: This is the third installment of a three-part series regarding Shell’s upcoming offshore activity in Alaska’s Arctic region.Part

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Business USA 

Will offshore oil development in Alaska’s Arctic make state rich? Don’t count on it.

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 14:41
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Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part series. Part three will focus on the pipelines Shell must build

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Business USA 

Shell readies to roll dice on multibillion-dollar bet in Arctic Alaska

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 14:37
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Editor’s note: This is the first of a three-part series looking at Shell’s plans to drill for offshore oil in

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Environment Environment (USA) USA 

Biologists look to ocean for clues in Alaska king salmon collapse

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, June 29, 2012 at 14:10
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What scientists know about the working of the ecosystem beneath the storm-swept waters of Alaska is a lot and almost

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Business USA 

Time to panic about sinking Alaska oil prices?

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, June 29, 2012 at 14:07
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With the 49th state’s economic health harnessed to the oil industry, Alaskans are no strangers to wild fiscal rides. But

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Environment Environment (USA) USA 

Deep drilling reveals evidence of extreme warming periods in Arctic’s past

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 14:51
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Imagine a much, much warmer climate enveloping Alaska and the Arctic. Sea levels have risen, and sea ice hardly exists.

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