The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the Ohio congressional delegation – President William McKinley was from Ohio – ...

Travelling in Alaska — the US’s final frontier — can feel like jumping through a wormhole. Time here is marked not by the ...

Alaska Native Language map. Source: Alaska Geographic Alliance. Click image for a larger view At the time of contact with Russian explorers in the mid-18th century, Alaska was occupied by ...

This story appears in the April 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. The archaeological site of Nunalleq on the southwest coast of Alaska preserves a fateful moment, frozen in time.

On this season of National Geographic's "Port Protection Alaska," follow Port Protection residents as they work unceasingly ...

For what it’s worth, the Alaskan delegation prefers the “Denali” name: In 1975 the Alaska Geographic Names Board changed Mount McKinley to Denali and, at former Gov. Jay Hammond’s request ...

Alaska offers an abundance of different terrains ... Published in the USA guide, available with the Jan/Feb 2025 issue of National Geographic Traveller (UK). To subscribe to National Geographic ...

Port Protection Alaska” returns Tuesday, March 11 at 9 p.m. ET on National Geographic. Stream the season 8 premiere for free ...