Alaska officially became a state 92 years after the transaction, in January 1959, making it the 49th state. Hawaii became the ...

Norway's ruling Labour Party government and its left-leaning allies are favourites to win next month's parliamentary election ...

The stakes are massive because the region is strategically vital for a range of military, economic, and geopolitical reasons.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev said that bilateral cooperation was at a high level and reflected the nature of a strategic partnership ...

Mike Sfraga is a former U.S. ambassador to the Arctic who recently stepped into the interim chancellor role at University of ...

Geophysical Institute Director Bob McCoy says the GI plays an important role in interdisciplinary studies, bringing ...

The cutter Storis is the U.S. Coast Guard’s first polar icebreaker acquired in more than 25 years. To be homeported in Juneau ...

US President Donald Trump said Friday he was ordering two US Navy nuclear submarines to “appropriate regions,” in response to ...

Alexander the Great cried because there were no more worlds to conquer, according to legend. There were other worlds — actually, continents. He just didn’t know about them if he had the knowledge and ...

Folktales' directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady on their new documentary in the Arctic North and the challenges that come ...

Earnings at country's largest gas producer hit by inability to generate revenues from its Arctic LNG 2 project ...