The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Winter Storm Watch for Alaska's central Brooks Range, warning of heavy snow later this week that could significantly disrupt travel through Atigun ...

Most sailors head south for winter—we did the opposite. We’re braving freezing temps, icy waters, and harsh conditions to sail to Alaska in winter. From snow-covered decks to stormy seas, this ...

Winter sailing in Alaska is raw, rugged, and unforgiving. Icy waters, freezing winds, and isolation make this a challenge unlike any other. It’s not for the faint-hearted—but for those who ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This winter, we’re thrilled to reaffirm our position as the largest U.S. carrier between the West Coast and Latin America with new nonstop service to Liberia, Costa Rica from San Francisco and ...

Mar. 28—Common redpolls, one of few Alaska songbirds that endure the grueling northern winter, are familiar visitors to Southcentral. But this winter, an explosion of the little scarlet-capped ...

In a corner of my brain, I felt a flicker of gratitude toward the man I'd met in the bar and the few simple words that had brought me to Alaska in the winter. Alyeska is *technically* in the ...

Has the moon seemed exceptionally noticeable this winter? There’s a reason ... Since the late 1970s, the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute has provided this column free ...