U.S. Coast Guard announces plans for a third heavy icebreaker
Adm. Karl L. Schultz, commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, said the service has plans to build a third heavy icebreaker, and intends to...
Greenland turns to ‘higher intensity’ marketing to re-energize oil exploration
Greenland has all the makings of a profitable oil province, but it cannot expect the industry to come knocking on its door. That's the...
Environmentalists seek Endangered Species Act listing for rare Alaska freshwater seals
One of the world’s few populations of freshwater seals deserves Endangered Species Act protections, an environmental group has told the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
Alaska lawmakers back a federal push to create a center for...
Alaska state lawmakers have given their support to a plan to create a Department of Defense center to study Arctic issues.
The state Senate on...
The Arctic is headed for dramatic change — even if carbon...
Even if the nations of the world manage to limit greenhouse gas emissions and cap the planet’s warming to an increase of 2 degrees...
Oil-rich Inupiat corporation to quit Alaska Federation of Natives
One of the richest Alaska Native corporations has announced that it will quit the state’s largest Indigenous organization.
The Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, owned by...
Indigenous voices in this year’s Arctic Report Card explain the human...
In the communities around the Bering Sea, ice has long regulated the ecosystem, supporting food sources, food-gathering practices and traditional ways of life.
Now that...
Why human trafficking is a serious — but mostly invisible —...
Kimberly Larson remembers the first time she was approached by human traffickers.
She was 12 years old, walking downtown in Anchorage, and strangers pulled over...
Trump administration schedules another Arctic oil lease sale amid push for...
The Trump administration is putting oil leases for 3.98 million acres of federal lands in Arctic Alaska on the auction block next month, part...
Following the lead of Russia’s Yamal LNG, a new plan for...
For half a century, Alaskans have considered plan after plan to build a pipeline that would get the North Slope’s vast but stranded natural...
