June marks the thaw and breakup season for most of Alaska. Though unusual, June snowfall is not unprecedented in the Brooks ...

Just ahead of the winter freeze-up, the broad-bottomed barges ... Under the armed forces’ new strategy for defending Alaska, the U.S. was coiling its strength—its winterized jet fighters ...

I get it. The scenery is gorgeous and it’s such a different way to experience Alaska. The Aurora Winter route and not as busy as the summertime Alaska Railroad service and is a wonderful way to ...

Juneau, a popular cruise port in summer, becomes a deal-seeker’s base for skiing, skating, hiking and glacier-gazing in winter. Outside of Juneau, Alaska, a family hits the ice for a skating and ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome faced a bleak winter. It was hundreds of miles from anywhere, cut off by the frozen sea and unrelenting blizzards, and under siege from ...

Nome, western Alaska’s largest community, had about 1,400 residents a century ago. Its most recent supply ship had arrived the previous fall, before the Bering Sea froze, without any doses of ...