Mushers and dogs braved a horrific Alaska winter to deliver lifesaving serum 100 years ago
The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome was hundreds of miles from anywhere, cut off by the frozen sea and under siege from a ...
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Utica: The Frosty Champion—Out-Colding Alaska, Siberia and Even Antarctica
It wasn't only the penguins enjoying the balmy weather on the southernmost continent; Anchorage, Alaska, had overcast skies ...
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On This Day in 1959, Alaska—One of America’s Riskiest Investments—Became the 49th State in the Union
Russia had conquered Alaska back in the 18th century, during an era of expansion spearheaded by Peter I. In 1733, Peter ordered an ambitious exploration of eastern Siberia and the northern Pacific ...
Get ready for an even bigger chill. Siberian air to make Trump swearing-in coldest in 40 years
NEW ORLEANS -- The vast majority of Americans are about to get an extended taste of frigid Siberian weather. Another polar vortex disruption will stretch Arctic air across the top of the globe and ...
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Secret sauce: How some of Anchorage’s most authentic meal ingredients get here
By plane, car, mail and personal luggage, these ingredients arrive at local restaurants and storefronts at all costs.
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Anchorage's Fur Rondy Festival Is an Alaskan Version of Running with the Bulls
The escape artist gallops down Anchorage’s main stretch ... In fact, the non-native reindeer—first shipped to Alaska from Siberia in 1892 to help feed the Inuit people (a case of mistaken ...
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Anchorage Museum Helps Bring Historic Railroad Spike Home to Alaska
The Anchorage Museum and the city of Nenana, joined forces to bring home the Golden Spike, an iconic piece of railroad ...
Anchorage Museum among Alaskans combining to win auction for Alaska Railroad’s golden spike
The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad in 1923 will for the first time be on permanent display in ...
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Arctic hotspots study reveals areas of climate stress in Northern Alaska and Siberia
While some hotspots in Siberia and the Northwest Territories of Canada grew drier, the researchers detected increased surface water and flooding in parts of North America, including Alaska's Yukon ...