Why the U.S. doesn’t need to wait for an Arctic port to boost maritime safety
Even though no one yet is offering to spend money to build a full-service U.S. Arctic port, some steps could —
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Shell isn’t the only oil company leaving Alaska’s Arctic
Royal Dutch Shell’s decision last fall to abandon its offshore oil exploration program in Alaska — and its recent move to
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Shell gives up on all but one Chukchi Sea lease
Royal Dutch Shell has decided to give up all but one of its federal offshore leases in the Chukchi Sea,
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Art of an avant-garde Arctic in downtown Anchorage
When people imagine Alaska’s Arctic, experimental art isn’t typically first thing that comes to mind. But a new exhibit at
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The US-led Arctic Council: Still trying to get Americans to care about Arctic
When the United States took over chairmanship of the eight-nation Arctic Council a year ago, officials articulated some lofty goals under a
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With Shell gone from Arctic, US official fears fading attention to region
Royal Dutch Shell’s decision to pull the plug on its offshore oil exploration program in Alaska’s Arctic waters could have
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Murkowski halts federal work toward removal of feral cattle from Aleutian islands
After three years of study, research and public outreach, the quest for a solution to Alaska’s feral cow dilemma is
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Could good mining jobs actually hurt Bush villages? Y-K Health Corp. thinks so
BETHEL – The biggest employer on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta has taken a stand against the biggest economic development project there,
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How soldiers and park rangers are preparing for Denali climbing season
KAHILTNA GLACIER BASE CAMP — Three massive U.S. Army helicopters swept onto a stretch of snow here Sunday, surrounded by mountains
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Siberian erosion, river runoff speeds up Arctic Ocean acidification
As Siberian permafrost thaws, crumbling Russian coastlines and big rivers flowing north along eroding banks are dumping vast loads of organic
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University of Alaska is planning new tuition increases and hundreds of staff cuts
University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen presented two revised draft budget proposals Thursday, both cutting hundreds of staff jobs across
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As temperatures climb, so do the shrubs on Alaska’s mountainsides
Devotees of Wolverine Peak, an Anchorage mountain with a well-used hiking trail, might feel like it takes them longer than
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Arctic remains refuge of friendly US-Russia relations
In 1987, in the glow of glasnost, then-Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev detailed his vision of an Arctic that would be a
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Oil, Obama & drilling: Week in Review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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Arctic’s ‘startling’ winter warmth ‘milepost’ say scientists
FAIRBANKS — This winter was so unusually warm in Alaska — and around the Arctic — that it took even
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