In this photo essay, David Campany analyzes historical and contemporary photographic representations of the Mediterranean Sea ...

The nearly 1,000-foot namesake tanker carrying tens of millions of gallons of oil slammed into a reef off the coast of Alaska just ... into the picturesque Prince William Sound and in the coming ...

struck Prince William Sound’s Bligh Reef, 6 mi west of Tatitlek, Alaska at 12:04 a.m. The tanker spilled more than 10 million US gallons of crude oil over the next few days.

Though cruising is a popular way to explore, travelling by land allows more exposure to the wild landscapes of south-central Alaska, from the glaciers of Prince William Sound to a park where ...

Several communities report feeling a 4.3 magnitude earthquake that struck Alaska's Prince William Sound region. The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says Valdez and Glennallen were among ...

Scientists working in northwest Ontario said they have made a breakthrough in the search for an effective tool to identify the boundaries of oil spills that take place below ice. The remarkably ...

They operate small ships carrying 22-86 guests on voyages in Alaska’s Inside Passage, Aleutian Islands and Prince William Sound, along with the Hawaiian Islands, Mexico’s Gulf of California ...

There are also plenty of day trip opportunities from Anchorage, from flightseeing in Denali National Park to glacier cruises on Prince William Sound or wildlife cruises to Kenai Fjords National Park ...

spurring tourism and making the town a key embarkation point for cruises through Prince William Sound. Whittier’s ice-free deepwater port also plays a vital role in Alaska’s economy.

Commercial fishermen in Prince William Sound, Alaska, could soon be able to harvest octopus after the Alaska Board of Fisheries voted to allow a directed fishery at its recent December meeting.

All of the proposals focus on Prince William Sound trawlers, the sole state-managed pelagic trawl fishery. According to Alaska statute, “contact with the bottom is prohibited” in this “pelagic,” or ...

In 1894 a Canadian surveyor named William Ogilvie hiked to ... plates to make a zigzag summit-to-summit map of the international border shared by Alaska and British Columbia in Canada.