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Villagers support critical lifeline in rural Alaska after plane crash kills 10

The Canadian Press
Posted: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 11:26
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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 Associated Press
Posted: Monday, February 10, 2025 at 09:12
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The remains of all 10 people killed when their small plane crashed into ice on the Bering Sea have been

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Some parts of Alaska's coastline have never been surveyed. (iStock)
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Alaska search ongoing for missing small plane carrying 10 people

The Associated Press
Posted: Friday, February 7, 2025 at 09:06
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Officials says search for Cessna Caravan en route to Nome is hampered by weather, visibility An aircraft carrying 10 people

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‘A little scary’: Alaska’s Iditarod to begin with smallest field ever

The Associated Press
Posted: Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 10:54 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 10:55
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The second half-century for the world’s most famous sled dog race is getting off to a rough start. Only 33

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Repair work begins in some Alaska towns slammed by storm

The Associated Press
Posted: Friday, September 23, 2022 at 09:40
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There’s been significant damage to some roads and homes in parts of western Alaska following last weekend’s devastating coastal storm,

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Luxury cruise ship leaves Alaska toward Northern Sea Route

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 15:58 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 10:30
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The Silver Explorer gets escort by a Russian icebreaker as it launches its ice edge cruising through Russian Arctic waters.

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Why are the US lagging behind in the Arctic? Clues emerge at Washington hearing

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 11:10
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The United States is losing control over the Arctic to Russia and China because it failed to build the ships,

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Luxury cruises lured by Arctic Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 25, 2019 at 15:00 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 10:19
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Purpose-built for polar navigation, the “National Geographic Endurance” is one of two high-end cruise ships to sail deeper into Russia’s

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Historic buildings crumbling in Anchorage, Alaska face an uncertain future

Erin McKinstry, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, August 31, 2018 at 14:21
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There’s no placard marking the historical significance of the Government Hill Wireless Station in Anchorage, southern Alaska. The property played

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Communities wrestle with shark-bite mystery off Alaskan coast

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 15:31 — Last Updated: Friday, July 27, 2018 at 15:52
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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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Norwegian Joar Ulsom wins the 46th Iditarod in Alaska

Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at 10:15
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For the first time in seven years, someone with a last name other than Seavey has won the Iditarod. Joar

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Amid shrinking sea ice, hunters race to adapt in Alaska

Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, February 2, 2018 at 12:03
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With warm temperatures this winter across the state, sea ice is forming exceptionally slowly in the Arctic and Bering Strait

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Alaskans in Cessna 172 make goodwill flight to Russia

Zaz Hollander, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 17:49 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 18:00
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A Cessna 172 flew from Nome to an airport in Russia in just three hours. But the goodwill mission on June

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Older yet faster, record-setting champ Mitch Seavey wins Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race

Tegan Hanlon, Alaska Dispatch News @teganhanlon
Posted: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at 15:24
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NOME — Mitch Seavey just had the race of his life. The 57-year-old musher from Sterling won the Iditarod Trail

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As an extravagant cruise ship comes to town, Nome confronts its future

Jeannette Lee Falsey, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, August 22, 2016 at 18:14
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NOME — Residents in this Western Alaska town awoke Sunday morning to the novel sight of the largest cruise ship that

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

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In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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