At 1:05 AM on October 28, 2023, a mid-shift patrol officer saw a 2023 white Subaru station wagon being driven northbound on Arctic Boulevard near W 34th Avenue; the driver was unable to maintain his lane of travel. Near Arctic Boulevard and W Northern Lights Boulevard, the officer initiated a traffic stop on the Subaru […]
WASHINGTON – The Coast Guard released the Arctic Strategic Outlook Implementation Plan in Washington Thursday. The implementation plan outlines 14 interconnected, action-oriented initiatives the Coast Guard will undertake to execute strategic objectives from the 2019 Arctic Strategic Outlook. These efforts promote safety, security, stewardship and protect sovereign rights across the Arctic while supporting the National […]
U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Angus King (I-Maine), co-chairs of the Congressional Arctic Caucus, released the following statements after the Biden Administration released its detailed Implementation Plan for the U.S. National Strategy for the Arctic Region (NSAR). The NSAR Implementation Plan builds upon past efforts to increase security, environmental protection, sustainable economic development and […]
Research testing new technology to more effectively locate polar bear dens across the Arctic is showing promising results. Researchers from Simon Fraser University and Brigham Young University (BYU), collaborating with Polar Bears International, hope that improving detection tools to locate dens—which are nearly invisible and buried under snow—will help efforts to protect mother polar bears […]