Researcher missing after falling into stream on Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier
By Becky Bohrer Local ice rescue team responded but determined that efforts to find the man would be too dangerous
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Moose collision with kills driver, injures passenger near Alaska’s Denali National Park
24-year-old male driver from Bulgaria was pronounced dead at the scene A driver was killed and a passenger in his
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Canadians are forgoing U.S. travel this year; might they come to Nunavut instead?
Some people working in Nunavut’s travel and tourism industry say there are signs the territory could benefit as Canadians forgo
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Cruise ship passenger missing in Alaska after leaving ship to hike
62-year-old woman from Kentucky got off the Norwegian Bliss in Juneau on Tuesday Authorities were searching for a woman visiting
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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women awareness week observed in the U.S.
This week marks Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) Awareness Week across the U.S., and on Wednesday, Senator Brian Schatz
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5 projects vie for $1M Arctic Inspiration Prize
Five projects from across the North have been named finalists for a $1-million investment through the 2025 Arctic Inspiration Prize.
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Investigators say Alaska plane overweight for icy conditions in crash that killed 10
By Becky Bohrer, Mark Thiessen Bering Air crash on Feb. 6 was one of Alaska’s deadliest plane crashes this century A
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Experts and recovery teams hope to reach site of Alaska avalanche that buried 3 skiers
Authorities in Alaska said they would attempt Thursday to reach the site of an avalanche that trapped three skiers, who
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Avalanche buries at least 3 skiers near Anchorage, Alaska, officials say
An avalanche in Alaska backcountry swept up and buried three skiers under a blanket of snow that could be as
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Alaska woman sentenced for laser attack that injured Canadian military aircrew
Woman mistakenly believed helicopters had no right to fly over her property, court hears A woman from Delta Junction, Alaska,
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Family of researcher who died in Nunavut want investigation report released: privacy commissioner
Nunavut’s privacy commissioner says the family of a University of Alberta researcher who died doing field work near Grise Fiord
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Villagers support critical lifeline in rural Alaska after plane crash kills 10
The small, striped plane rolled to a stop on a snow-covered airstrip in a remote western Alaska village not far
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Remains of all 10 people killed in Alaska plane crash recovered
The remains of all 10 people killed when their small plane crashed into ice on the Bering Sea have been
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Alaska search ongoing for missing small plane carrying 10 people
Officials says search for Cessna Caravan en route to Nome is hampered by weather, visibility An aircraft carrying 10 people
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Alaskans: Trump can rename Denali, but can’t force people to call it Mount McKinley
By Mark Thiessen President issued executive order last week to change name of North America’s tallest peak North America’s tallest
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