The Washington Post on MSN15d
Trump isn’t the first U.S. politician with his eye on Greenland
President Trump isn’t the first U.S. politician to be interested in Greenland — not by a long shot.
The Associated Press on MSN12d
100 Years Later: Remembering the incredible sled dogs and mushers of Alaska’s 1925 serum run
A century ago, a team of determined mushers and their sled dogs embarked on a perilous journey to deliver life-saving ...
Peninsula Clarion on MSN20d
Borough considers Seward land purchase
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will hold a public hearing on the potential purchase of 80 acres in Seward at their next regular meeting on Feb. 4. Ordinance 2024-19-24, sponsored by Borough ...
The U.S. has tried to buy Greenland before. Here’s how those past attempts went.
From the Reconstruction era to the Cold War, multiple administrations have tried (and failed) to acquire the Arctic island.
The American Conservative7d
Territorial Expansion—and Its Naysayers—Are as Old as America
The last time the United States expanded its territory—gaining the Northern Marianas and some other Pacific islands—President ...
The Associated Press on MSN20d
A golden spike that completed the Alaska Railroad is up for auction. Alaskans want to bring it home
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — President Warren G. Harding drove a golden spike into the final coupling of the Alaska Railroad more ...
Newsday21d
A golden spike that completed the Alaska Railroad is up for auction. Alaskans want to bring it home
It connected Seward, a Pacific Ocean port city on the ... except for a brief display during the 1967 centennial of the U.S. purchase of Alaska from Russia. It's in perfect condition, and shows ...
Alaska Dispatch News19d
Historic golden railroad spike will return to Alaska after Anchorage Museum and Nenana team up for purchase
More than a century after becoming an emblem for the development of the Last Frontier, a major Alaska artifact is returning ... that completed the route from Seward to Fairbanks.