Swimming in the Arctic Ocean had been on my bucket list for years, and I finally got the chance to make it happen.

The water was covered with jet fuel, creating sickly rainbow colors and an overpowering stench. Seagulls, pelicans and other birds covered the area in numbers Dettleff had never seen before. Alaska ...

A relatively small amount of groundwater trickling through Alaska's tundra ... to show that fresh water is being discharged into the submarine environment of the ocean where the coast meets ...

emission regulations without using low-sulfur fuels,” the Alaska DEC said on its website. Open-loop scrubbers, one of several kinds, use seawater, discharging the wash water back into the ocean. The ...

Carbon in the ocean can lead to higher levels of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the air, which contributes to climate change. The ...

This, of course, causes ocean acidification and ocean warming ... Impacts on all marine life will be devastating, and the cold-water corals of Alaska will suffer massive casualties. The Center is ...

Tracking salmon sharks with custom-built sensors is helping researchers study ocean temperatures, salinity shifts, and ...

A cruise to Alaska is one of the best ways ... listen as chunks of blue ice calve into the water. Some cruise lines, such as Viking Ocean Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises, offer this as ...

Alaska Airlines Flight 261 corkscrewed into the ocean here from about 17,000 feet just hours earlier at 4:21 p.m. on Jan. 31, 2000. The force sent walls of water spraying 200 feet into the air.