Photo: The Douglas World Cruisers above Seward, Alaska. National Archives [content id=”79272″] 1924, aerial, army, circumavigation, first, may 16, record, world This Day in Alaskan History-May 16th, 1924 added by Alaska Native News on May 16, 2025View all posts by Alaska Native News → Related Posts:Coast Guard decommissions service's final high…Kodiak-based Coast Guard Cutter Returns Home…When permafrost kills? A moose storyCongressman Don Young Welcomes Administration…'Obeying Fascism in Advance,' National Archivist…Fluorescent bill may be seabird’s neon signCoast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro Returns Home from…17th Coast Guard District to hold decommissioning…See also NORAD detects and tracks Russian aircraft operating in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone