In the Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome a contagious disease known as the “strangling angel” put the town under siege 100 years ...

In 1867, the US purchased Alaska from Russia for just USD 7.2 ... In the 18th century, Peter the Great, who established Russia’s first navy, wanted to explore how far the Asian landmass extended ...

President Donald Trump has refused to rule out military coercion to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal, and he suggested ...

The U.S. bought Alaska from Russia in 1867 ... In the early 18th century, Peter the Great – who created Russia’s first navy – wanted to know how far the Asian landmass extended to the ...

western Alaska’s largest community, had about 1,400 residents a century ago. Its most recent supply ship had arrived the previous fall, before the Bering Sea froze, without any doses of the ...

It separates Chukotka, an autonomous Russian district, from Alaska by just 85 km. Since 1945, the Bering Strait has been the barometer of relations between the two great powers.

In late September, a US HC-103J Super Hercules spotted four foreign vessels operating about 440 miles southwest of St.

In a post two days after he was sworn in, Begich called President Joe Biden a "son of a bitch," after Biden took executive action closing off waters in and near the Bering Sea and other areas to ...

In the 18th century, Peter the Great, who established ... Russia discovered a new land in its eastern region Alaska. In 1741, Russian explorer Vitus Bering came across this region during his ...