Review of Alaska Native corporations raises accountability questions
A federal review questions whether shareholders of Alaska Native corporations are getting the information they need to guide the corporations
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Fortune smiles on Alaska sled dog race
Sometimes Mother Nature taketh away, and sometimes she giveth back. A year ago, the Copper Basin 300 Sled Dog Race
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State takes action against perennial air polluters in Alaska city
Advocates for cleaning air in the Alaska city of Fairbanks got a break last week, when the state filed its
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Homer, Alaska museum nears completion of 1,800-pound gray whale skeleton
After 14 years and with the help of hundreds of volunteers, the Pratt Museum in Homer, Alaska, will soon be
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Several probes will examine Alaska drill rig accident– and other Shell problems
As Unified Command descends on the once-beached Kulluk, combing the drilling rig for clues about its structural integrity and answers
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How to reverse global warming? Mimic volcanic eruptions says expert
A Harvard expert has come up with an idea that could revive the Ice Age in a snap and end
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Alaska Shell drill rig finds safe home for now, crews check for damage
Royal Dutch Shell’s troubled drill rig Kulluk found its way back into deeper waters Sunday night, after nearly a week
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In Arctic Norway, world’s first laboratory inside a glacier
Above the Arctic Circle, and below 700 feet of ice, scientists are working in the world’s only laboratory that is
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Q&A: Commissioner Sullivan notes new Asian interest after Alaska LNG sales trip
Alaska’s effort to develop the largest natural gas field in North America is basking in a burst of sudden attention
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Grounded rig’s ballast tanks, not fuel, pointed toward rocky beach
Schematics of Shell’s Kulluk drilling unit, grounded since New Year’s Eve off of the southwestern shore of Alaska’s Kodiak Island,
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Weather lull allows salvage crew to board, evaluate grounded Shell drill rig in Alaska
After mariners spent nearly a week battling and waiting out wicked winter seas, a salvage team has successfully boarded Royal
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Windy winter amps up production from Alaska’s new wind turbines
Winter is when the wind ramps up in Alaska, and that’s proving lucrative for wind power in the 49th state.
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Will Shell’s grounded drilling ship impact US energy policy in Arctic?
As Royal Dutch Shell struggled Tuesday to salvage a fuel-laden drilling ship grounded on a remote Alaska island, the incident
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New stores celebrate Alaska’s eclectic fashion sense
No one Outside is ever going to rank any of Alaska’s cities as a fashion hub or shopping hot spot.
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Safety, pollution issues hold up Shell drillship in Alaska
Royal Dutch Shell’s Noble Discoverer, a 571-foot vessel integral to the company’s Arctic oil drilling aspirations, has been held up
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