A larger shelf means legal access to more of the ocean floor’s riches: animals, hydrocarbons, and, perhaps most important, minerals to power electric-vehicle batteries. America has no immediate plans ...

World War II would see the empire collude ... conquering new lands in Siberia and crossing the Bering Strait into North America (as shown in this 1775 map). At its height at the end of the 19th ...

World War II would see the empire collude with Nazi Germany ... conquering new lands in Siberia and crossing the Bering Strait into North America (as shown in this 1775 map). At its height at the end ...

It was the 20th century’s most voluminous eruption and it put the Katmai region on the world map. Novarupta is part of the Aleutian ... Historic Landmark significant for its remnants of World War II ...

Scores of unexploded bombs dating from World War II have been recovered from a children ... The bomb was moved before being disposed of at sea, after it was decided that detonating it in situ ...

According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority over the Germans. To ensure the ground effort got to Berlin, the air war had to ...

All 10 victims of the Alaska plane crash have been recovered from the Bering Sea. Crews are working to retrieve the wreckage as harsh weather threatens the site. Investigators are trying to determine ...

All 10 victims of the Alaska plane crash have been recovered from the Bering Sea. Crews are working to retrieve the wreckage as harsh weather threatens the site. Investigators are trying to ...

The average flight time of the route from Unalakleet to Nome is just 47 minutes. The disappearance of the Bering Air flight is the third major aviation incident in the U.S. within just over a week.