New map shows what Bering land bridge looked like 18,000 years ago
Thousands of years ago, a stretch of land connected the continents of Asia and North America, in the place the
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Bering Strait
Russia’s Northern Fleet drilled submarine hunt in Bering Strait
As they sailed throughout the shallow waters separating Russia and the U.S.A., the ships lined up in battle formation and
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Communities wrestle with shark-bite mystery off Alaskan coast
Sometimes it’s seals with amputated flippers. Or even a sea lion snatched seemingly out of thin air. But for at
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World maritime body approves first Arctic ship routing measures
The International Maritime Organization approved on Friday the first internationally recognized ship routing measures designed jointly by Russia and the
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Russia: Better weather forecasts needed to increase Arctic shipping
A quickly growing number of ships are confronting the thick ice and tough climatic conditions on Russia’s Northern Sea Route,
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Amid shrinking sea ice, hunters race to adapt in Alaska
With warm temperatures this winter across the state, sea ice is forming exceptionally slowly in the Arctic and Bering Strait
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As ice layers get thinner, ship sets another Arctic speed record in Russia
It was a year with remarkable growth in Russian Arctic shipping. In the course of 2017, as much as 9,737
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Putin nationalizes Arctic petroleum shipments
Only Russian vessels will soon be allowed to ship oil and gas along the Northern Sea Route. In Thursday’s meeting
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Northern Sea Route is free of ice, Arctic shipping thrives
As Russian Arctic ice shrinks to this year’s lowest, a big number of ships are moving in. In waters normally
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Lights in the sky and mysterious gravesites: Seeking the supernatural in Western Alaska
Unexplained lights in the night sky. Killer whales that transform into human beings. Bigfoot sightings. These are just a few
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An Alaska volcano and DNA reveal the timing of bison’s arrival in North America
After humans, the mammals most successful at colonizing North America were the bison that thundered across the Great Plains. Just
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Will Trump reverse protective Obama policies in the Arctic? It’s unknown now
President Barack Obama has pinned a chunk of his legacy to policies in the Arctic and circumpolar north. He made an
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Norwegian tanker aground in U.S. Arctic, stirs concern about security
The Norwegian flagged chemical tanker was loaded with 14,000 tons of oil products when it touched the ground in the
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New low for Northern Sea Route
Only 40,000 tons of cargo was transported transit through the Russian Arctic route in 2015. And 75 percent of that
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Alaska villages want in on Arctic planning
The long-standing president of Alaska’s Association of Village Council Presidents asked officials on Monday to take steps to include coastal villages he represents in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in
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