Mysterious spiral of light spotted in North caused by SpaceX rocket, physicist says
‘He was like, ‘You need to look at this, because I feel like I might be hallucinating.” A mysterious swirl
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Alaska
Pet arrives home, dog-tired, after Alaskan sea-ice odyssey
Alaskan shepherd went missing during visit to Savoonga — and was found a month later, 241 km away A one-year-old
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Family of Czech billionaire sues over Alaska crash death
Suit filed in Alaska on behalf of Petr Kellner’s family alleges negligence, seeks punitive and other damages The family of
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Canadian experts decry Alaska study on parasite afflicting Yukon River chinook salmon
‘Maybe this year isn’t a good year to be doing the study, when there’s no fish to study,’ says chief
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Alaska marine debris experts call for tighter regulation and more cleanup funding
Trawl nets, buoys, even boats and fragments of buildings: these are some types of marine debris that wash up on
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ConocoPhillips can start road work for Willow Arctic drilling project, judge decides
ConocoPhillips can begin construction immediately on the Willow project in the western Arctic, a federal judge ruled Monday. U.S. District
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New exhibition features 2000 years of Inuit art from Canada, Alaska, Greenland & Siberia
An ambitious new exhibition is opening April 1 at the Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq in Canada that showcases the evolution of
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ConocoPhillips details Alaska gas leak cause, remedies at hearing
ConocoPhillips, which last week received U.S. government approval for the massive Willow oil drilling project in Alaska, detailed reasons for a natural
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As coastal erosion pulls rural Alaska communities into the sea, new research seeks solutions
For years, coastal Alaska communities, a majority of them Alaska Native villages, have contended with erosion, eating away at the
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Conservation groups sue to block Willow oil project on Alaska’s North Slope
Six conservation groups filed a lawsuit against the federal government Tuesday, a day after the Biden administration approved the Willow project —
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Q&A on Biden’s approval of Arctic drilling of Willow
The Biden administration announced Monday morning that it is approving a permit for Willow. That’s the $8 billion ConocoPhillips project in
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Alaska politicians applaud, environmental groups denounce, Arctic project go-ahead
Alaska politicians are welcoming Washington’s go-ahead Monday for a new energy project in the Arctic part of the state, while
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TikTok campaign targets Biden on Alaska’s huge Willow oil plan
By Mark Thiessen, Isabella O’Malley And Natalia Gutierrez · The Associated Press #StopWillow campaign has garnered more than 50 million views and
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Deal over access to ore dock in Skagway, Alaska, ‘critical’ to Yukon: premier
Potential agreement would see Yukon spend $17M US on upgrades to dock for mining companies Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai is
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The 2023 Iditarod starts this weekend. Here’s what to know
The 2023 Iditarod kicks off Saturday with a ceremonial start in Anchorage followed by an official race start in Willow.
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