Two Russian bombers, a TU-95 and a TU-142 were intercepted and escorted by twin NORAD F-22 fighters at 6 am on Friday morning spokesman for the North American Aerospace Defense Command Canadian Army Major Andrew Hennessy told CNN. The Russian bombers crossed into the Air Defense Identification Zone 200 miles off-shore of western Alaska north of […]
Alaska State Troopers received an SOS notification from a Garmin InReach Device requesting emergency assistance for 2 hunters and their guide to the Alaska Range southeast of Nikolai on Tuesday morning citing extreme weather. According to the report, the trio had been weathered in above the tree line for three days in inclement weather, with winds in excess […]
Dried salmon savored by rural Alaska Natives as part of a subsistence way of life won’t be found among the Spanish tapas, Brazilian steaks, or Southern barbecue served in the restaurants of Jacksonville, Florida. Indeed, the differences between Jacksonville (pop. 821,700) and, say, the Yukon River village of Grayling (pop. 213) couldn’t be more profound. […]
An ancient jawbone has led scientists to believe that polar bears survived a period thousands of years ago that was warmer than today. Sandra Talbot of the USGS Alaska Science Center in Anchorage was one of 14 scientists who teamed to write a paper based on a polar bear jawbone found amid rocks on a […]