U.S. Department of Defense releases nation’s Arctic strategy
As the Arctic climate continues to change, marine traffic and development grows and threats of man-made or natural disasters loom,
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Politics (USA)
Relief in North Pole, Alaska after Air Force F-16 decision
North Pole Mayor Bryce Ward said there’s a palpable feeling of relief in his community and across the Fairbanks-North Star
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Federal $600,000 grant aims to ease transition to Alaska health exchanges under Obamacare
On Thursday, a handful of federal and state agencies gathered in Midtown Anchorage to announce the newest wrinkle in the
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Is Alaska proposal for oil exploration in wildlife refuge legal?
A pair of East Coast congressmen hoping to slam shut the debate over opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to
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Novel ‘oblique icebreaker’ will clear wider path for Arctic industry
Even as the White House took a step forward on Arctic policy by signing its National Strategy for the Arctic
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Arctic Strategy: U.S. looks toward Last Frontier, will investment follow?
Hours after the White House announced it had signed the National Strategy for the Arctic Region, Alaskans began to put into
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Is Canada, US cooperation North America’s way forward in the Arctic?
For years now, Alaska lawmakers have lamented the seeming lack of progress in developing the U.S. Arctic, as countries like
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Icebreaker is 1st Chinese vessel to cross Arctic Ocean
China has been eager to gain a foothold in the region A Chinese icebreaker docked Thursday at Shanghai after becoming
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Where do Alaska lawmakers stand on Law of the Sea treaty?
Alaska U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski has been for years trying to muster up the Republican side of the 67 senate
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Airships over Alaska’s Arctic: Flight of fancy or grounded in reality?
Airships floating over the Arctic: It sounds more like science fiction than hard science. But a group of researchers, policymakers,
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Law of the Sea treaty ratification dead in U.S. Senate
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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A silver screen for Bethel, Alaska
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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Clinton urges US cooperation in Arctic, ratifying Law of Sea
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was back in Norway last weekend to talk cooperation and alliance for the predicted Arctic
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Military buildup in Arctic linked to climate change: report
Is the Arctic being militarized? As nations and corporations look north to unlock natural resources in the melting Arctic Ocean,
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Arctic methane lid may be fracturing
In what may point to an alarming new driver for global warming, scientists have found unexpected amounts of methane emerging
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