Scientists trace woolly mammoth’s 1,000 km journey using its tusk
By Philip Drost · CBC Radio Tusk shows evidence that humans and mammoths coexisted in Alaska, says researcher With nothing more than
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Alaska expects Willow and Pikka to push oil production up 30% by 2032
By Eric Stone, Alaska Public Media North Slope oil production is projected to rise significantly in the next decade, according
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Avian flu detected in polar bear in Alaska
Wildlife officials in Alaska have confirmed the first known case of a polar bear that died from avian flu —
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Canada pledges to work with U.S. over competing claims to Arctic sea floor
The federal government is pledging to work with its American counterparts after the U.S. claimed parts of the Arctic sea
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U.S. State Department extends continental shelf claims, including in Arctic
Tuesday, the United States grew by a million square kilometers — the equivalent of nearly 60% of Alaska’s land mass.
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Wildfires, space & shipping – Arctic roundup 2023 with Mia Bennett
As we approach the year’s end, Eye on the Arctic is reflecting on the past 12 months in northern news.
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Network in Alaska centering Indigenous knowledge in Arctic climate research
A network of Arctic observers spanning nearly all of Alaska’s northern coast is helping to center Indigenous knowledge in climate
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Peltola flips script on long-running congressional drama over Arctic drilling
Room 1324 of the Longworth House Office building, across the street from the Capitol, has been the venue for many
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Search resumes for the missing after landslide in Alaska fishing community
Ground search teams returned Thursday to the site of a massive landslide that killed three to search for an adult
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3 dead and 3 missing after landslide rips through remote Alaska fishing community
By Becky Bohrer, John Raby and Mark Thiessen · The Associated Press · ‘Our community is resilient … and determined to find everybody
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“This isn’t just about Native people, this is about America,” say truth commission advocates
The recent decision by the federal agency responsible for preserving the nation’s history to endorse a commission on the country’s
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Alaska senator makes new push to get Law of the Sea ratified
Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski is making a new push to get the U.S. Senate to ratify the United Nations Convention
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Anchorage adds to record homeless death as major storm drops more than 60 cm of snow
Four homeless people have died in Anchorage in the last week, underscoring the ongoing struggle to house a large homeless
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Federal judge rejects legal challenge to ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project
The massive Willow oil project on Alaska’s North Slope can move forward, a federal judge in Anchorage ruled Thursday. U.S.
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Indigenous men imprisoned for Alaska murder settle for $5M after vacated conviction
By Becky Bohrer · The Associated Press · All three will receive $1.59 million from the insurer for the city of Fairbanks Three of
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