A team of scientists will soon head to the Aleutian Islands aboard the research vessel Sikuliaq on a voyage to reconstruct the region’s ancient history of powerful storms. Little is known about the Bering Sea’s long-ago record of extreme weather and the factors that drove it. “Learning about the past is the only way to […]
(JUNEAU, Alaska)—The M/V Tustumena docked at Homer Tuesday, July 26, to rest the crew for several days. A critical crew shortage required the vessel to stay in port for safety reasons. Sailings between Homer and Kodiak have been canceled until Saturday, July 30, 2022. The ship has been operating with a small but dedicated group […]
The Oglala Lakota journalist ‘has been a champion of free press in Indigenous communities his entire career and faced challenges, threats and political pressure, but always pushed to bring essential news and information to the people’ Tim Giago showed no signs of ailment as editor emeritus in May 2022 at his Native Sun News Today office in […]
Russia said Tuesday it will pull out of the International Space Station after 2024 to build its own orbiting outpost. The country’s space chief made the announcement during a meeting with President Vladmir Putin. Yuri Borisov, CEO of state space agency Roscosmos, said during the meeting that Russia plans to fulfill a promise to its […]