In the Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome a contagious disease known as the “strangling angel” put the town under siege 100 years ...

The crowds are gone, the snow and ice completely transform the landscapes, and everything feels quieter, almost personal.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome faced a bleak winter. It was hundreds of ... celebrating the centennial of the 1925 “Great Race of Mercy” are lectures, a dog ...

Nome, Alaska, remembers its saviors — the sled dogs and mushers who raced for more than five days through hypothermia, ...