Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, the area in which a magnitude 8.8. earthquake occurred on July 29, is within the so-called "ring of fire." ...

China has claimed the status of a " near-Arctic state " and a stakeholder in Arctic affairs. In recent years, the East Asian ...

Russia's far eastern region of Kamchatka Peninsula was hit by a devastating 8.8 magnitude earthquake early on July 30, which ...

USCGC Munro was deployed to provide a U.S. maritime presence in the Bering Sea that separates Alaska and Russia's Far East.

The ship, one of seven Canadian icebreakers scheduled to deploy for the Coast Guard's Arctic summer operations between June and November, was tracked near Nome, Alaska, on July 19, as it shifted its ...

A University of Kansas researcher has spent years studying "aquaterra"—his term for regions around the world once populated ...

Building one costs about $780,000, said Jolene D. Lyon, president and CEO of the housing authority in the Bering Strait region.

Understanding the similarities and differences of the deserts on Earth and Mars will help space travelers survive future ...

Edward Nelson noted in 1881 that both firearms and traditional weapons were employed to hunt seals, walruses and belugas in the Bering Strait region. John Murdoch reported that by 1883 most hunters in ...

Persian Gulf region, multi colored political map. Arabian Gulf, a sea in West Asia, located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula, connected to the Gulf of Oman in the east by the Strait of Hormuz.

It may sound improbable today, but there was a time when Alaska Airlines Russia flights were a regular fixture in the skies. In an era when US–Russia relations are at a deep freeze, the idea of ...