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The Scramble for the Arctic Is Just Getting Started
Donald Trump’s efforts to claim Greenland for the US is part of a wider push toward militarization of the Arctic. Conflicts ...
National Audubon Society3d
The Search for One of North America’s Rarest Birds
Scientists must journey to remote islands in the middle of the Bering Sea, braving uncertain conditions, to reach the ...
Village hopes to offset power costs with solar energy
The Village of Solomon, a tribal corporation based in Nome, is hoping to boost their energy security and lower fuel costs by ...
Lure of the north: What Russia’s Arctic can offer Trump
Putin is offering the U.S. a stake in the minerals, rare earths and vast natural gas deposits in Russia’s Arctic.
Anchorage Daily News7d
Federal cuts hurt food security programs in several Alaska Native villages
For farmers in Tyonek and reindeer herders in Nome, cuts to U.S. Department of Agriculture’s grants and staff challenge local ...
Data breach affects thousands of Alaskan students & school staff
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A data breach in a widely used student information system has affected several Alaskan school ...
Putin says rivalries are increasing in the Arctic, but economic cooperation is possible
Geopolitical rivalries are intensifying in the Arctic but Russia is willing to cooperate with foreign partners, including ...
Russia sees scope for international investors in Arctic
Russia sees scope for international investors, including from the Global South, to help develop its Arctic region, a senior ...
Alaska Public Media12d
Federal funding released for this year’s operations of Alaska research vessel; future undetermined
The Sikuliaq, commissioned in 2014, is used for annual research cruises in the Gulf of Alaska and in the Arctic. This year, ...
Alaskans to pay heavy price as Social Security moves to in-person checks
Rural Alaskans "will have no choice but to fly from their villages" to reach Social Security field offices, under a new ...
Alaskans could pay heavy price as Social Security Administration moves to increase in-person identity checks
Plans by the Social Security Administration to create stronger identity checks to combat fraudulent claims could weigh heavily on Alaskans who must fly hundreds of miles to reach agency field offices ...