Here, the sun disappears for approximately 65 straight days during the polar night, plunging the town into total darkness. Then, in a dramatic reversal, it does not set for more than two months in ...

Its new name is Kaxchim Chiĝanaa, meaning either “gizzard creek” or “creek or river belonging to gizzard island” in Unangam ...

When it comes to dog breeds with uniquely American roots, only one carries the name of a U.S. state: the Alaskan Malamute. This powerful and majestic sled dog not only […] ...

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Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs Mike Sfraga emphasized that Alaska sits at the nexus of domestic and foreign policy during a presentation to the Alaska Senate Special Committee ...

FILE - In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an airplane flies over caribou from the Porcupine Caribou Herd on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ...

Environmental groups on Wednesday sued President Donald Trump’s administration to overturn an executive order seeking to open Arctic waters off Alaska, as well as waters in the Atlantic and ...

What's behind Moscow's growing interest in the Arctic north? A combat air patrol of American and Canadian fighter jets was scrambled this week after multiple Russian warplanes were spotted in the ...

History Alaska’s Arctic Ocean shores had been known to hold oil in some capacity since the 1800s. Native Alaskans would cut blocks of tundra to use as fuel for heat, as the frozen grass was soaked ...

Since the 1980s, temperatures in the Arctic have risen at nearly triple the global rate. This past summer was the wettest on record, while a heatwave in August set records in northern Alaska and ...

A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 22, 2024, Section SR, Page 12 of the New York edition with the headline: My 500-Mile Journey Across Alaska’s Thawing Arctic.