Although container shipping through an ice-free Arctic Ocean may not be increasing as rapidly as once anticipated, one area in the Arctic ecosystem still faces a number of serious challenges brought ...

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

There are 40 cat species (not taking into account the various breeds of domesticated cats, which are over 70) naturally ...

Two nuclear icebreakers are making way for a tanker and two cargo ships in this year's first transit shipment on the Russian ...

Like the Bering Sea, some of the problems with the North Sea stem from the fact it is shallow, about 100 feet deep in places. As we know, swells moving from deep open oceans to shallow water can ...

That will include talking to Russian counterparts to come up with a way to manage vessel traffic through the Bering Strait, said U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Arthur Brooks, who oversees the Alaska ...

The NSR runs from Murmansk near Russia’s border with Norway to the Bering Strait near Alaska, spanning 13,000 km (8,078 miles). In contrast, shipping routes between Europe and Asia via the Suez ...

A pair of Alaskans had their work selected to represent the state at the 2025 National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Michael Engelhard's "Arctic Traverse, A Thousand-Mile Summer of Trekking the ...

Vancouver, British Columbia, home to dozens of companies searching the world for minerals, has a special interest in the northernmost U.S. state.

For surfers, dangerous seas can mean a whole range of different things. Are there dominant rip tides, pulling you away from the surf zone? Does the bathymetry help turn playful swells into powerful, ...

Head of the Pro Travel Expedition Center Bogdan Bulychev pointed out that stability in these latitudes depends directly on Russia's presence and control ...

The BC-Yukon grid connection has been suggested as a Yukon National Interest Project. Similar to the Dempster upgrade, connecting the Yukon grid to British Columbia’s has benefits but also very high ...