At least one person has died and others are believed missing following a large landslide that covered a highway near a remote community in southeast Alaska during the night, authorities said Tuesday. The slide occurred about 9 p.m. Monday near Wrangell, an island community of more than 2,000 people about …
Read More »Chicago aquarium welcomes sea otter pup rescued from Alaska: 'An ambassador for his species'
An 8-week-old arrival from Alaska chirps loudly before devouring ice chips in the nursery at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium. He is Pup EL2306 — proper name to be determined — a northern sea otter who was found alone and malnourished in the remote town of Seldovia in October and taken to …
Read More »Russia, China are trying to seize control of the Arctic. We can't let them succeed
In April, the Russian Navy completed testing a powerful new warship: a “combat icebreaker.” Armed with a 76mm cannon and with room for eight anti-ship cruise missiles, the Ivan Papaninis the world’s first surface warship purpose-built to fight in the frozen waters of the Arctic. Russia knows that the Northern …
Read More »Alaska pilot seeks SCOTUS relief in case in which three beer cases led to forfeiture of $95K plane
An 82-year-old Alaskan bush pilot is seeking to take his fight over a $95,000 airplane and a few cans of beer to the U.S. Supreme Court, according to his lawyers. With the help of the Institute for Justice, Kenneth Jouppi is appealing a ruling by the Alaska Supreme Court that …
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