A new study published in Communications Earth & Environment gives possible insight into the underprediction of sea ice ...

Researchers have generated the first dataset of water flow beneath the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet, which will lead to more ...

Nome Volunteer Fire Department Chief Jim West Jr. speaks to reporters on Feb. 7, 2025, at Nome's city council chambers. West is the local head of the incident response to the fatal crash of a ...

Crews Rush to Recover Commuter Plane Found Crashed on Alaska Sea Ice Before Expected Snow and Wind JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Just hours after finding 10 people dead in western Alaska from one of the ...

This photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, shows a small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska on a flight that was bound for the hub community of Nome. (U.S ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska on its way to the hub community of Nome was located Friday on sea ice, and all 10 people on board died, authorities said.

Rescue workers had been searching the aircraft’s last known location by helicopter when they spotted the small plane crashed on sea ice, roughly 34 miles southeast of Nome. Rescue crews weren ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — A small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska on its way to the hub community of Nome was located Friday on sea ice, and all 10 people on board died, authorities said.

One major concern is that of declining sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctic. During the winter months in each hemisphere, the polar regions gain sea ice as seawater freezes. That total amount has been ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The remains of all 10 people killed when their small plane crashed into ice on the Bering Sea have been recovered, authorities said. The Nome Volunteer Fire Department made ...

The wreckage of the Bering Air plane was found on sea ice on Friday afternoon (local time) in Alaska, US. Bodies were also discovered after the team in a US Coast Guard helicopter spotted mangled ...

As the community tried to process the deadly event, crews worked swiftly on unstable, slushy sea ice to recover the bodies and the wreckage with less than a day before bad weather was expected.