Coast Guard rescues 5 people near Aleutian Islands

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Coast Guard rescues 5 people near Aleutian Islands

  JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard rescued five people Thursday from a fishing vessel taking on water near Umnak Island, Alaska. No injuries were reported. The fishing vessel remains aground on the northern shoreline of Umnak Island. At approximately 4:45 a.m. Thursday, watchstanders at the Coast Guard Arctic District Command Center in Juneau received […]

Eruption of Alaska’s Okmok Volcano Linked to Period of Extreme Cold in Ancient Rome

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Eruption of Alaska’s Okmok Volcano Linked to Period of Extreme Cold in Ancient Rome

  An international team of scientists has found evidence connecting an unexplained period of extreme cold in ancient Rome with an unlikely source: a massive eruption of Alaska’s Okmok volcano, located on the opposite side of the Earth. Around the time of Julius Caesar’s death in 44 BCE, written sources describe a period of unusual […]