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By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A mysterious disease, possibly a virus, has afflicted ring seals along Alaska's coast, killing scores of them since July, local and federal agencies said on Thursday. [More]
Read More »Holland America plans vampire-themed cruise
A vampire-themed cruise will set sail from Vancouver, B.C., for Alaska on board Holland America’s Zuiderdam ship early next summer
Read More »Early figures indicate cruise passengers down
Preliminary figures indicate that Alaska saw fewer cruise ship passengers this year.
Read More »Polar Bear Death at BP Oil Field under Investigation
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Federal authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a polar bear at an Alaska oil field operated by BP, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the oil company said on Thursday
Read More »Mystery Goo in Alaska Is Made of Fungal Spores
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A mysterious orange goo that collected on shorelines in a village in Alaska is made up of fungal spores, according to scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Read More »Alaska volcano erupting with lava streams from crater
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A volcano that has been erupting for several days in Alaska's Aleutian Islands may be preparing for a more explosive event, scientists said on Wednesday. [More]
Read More »Orange goo washing ashore in Alaska is egg mass, scientists say
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A mysterious orange goo that washed ashore in an Alaska village last week and sparked pollution concerns turns out to be a mass of crustacean eggs or embryos, government scientists said on Monday. [More]
Read More »U.S. agency approves Shell Arctic oil drilling plan
By Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell's long-stymied Arctic drilling program inched ahead on Thursday, as the U.S.
Read More »Huge 2007 tundra fire seen as ominous sign for climate
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A wildfire that burned over 400 square miles of Alaska tundra in the scorching summer of 2007 poured as much carbon into the atmosphere as the entire Arctic normally absorbs each year, according to a new study in the scientific journal Nature. [More]
Read More »Alaska Volcano Shows Signs of Impending Eruption
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Recent satellite images of a remote Alaska volcano along a flight route for major airlines show it may be poised for its first big eruption in 10 years, scientists said. [More]
Read More »Norvirus strikes Sea Princess cruise ship again
For the fourth time since mid-May, passengers on the Alaska cruise ship Sea Princess have been sickened by norovirus, a gastrointestinal infection that causes diarrhea, vomiting and stomach pain.
Read More »Looking For Love Again: Abandoned Buildings That Ask Cities For Renewal
Candy Chang's Looking For Love Again involves the citizens of Fairbanks, Alaska, in formulating a new vision for how to reuse their city's largest abandoned building.
Read More »Norovirus hits cruise ship three times in a month
Princess Cruises appears to have finally gotten a series of norovirus outbreaks on one of its Alaska cruise ships under control.
Read More »Holland America’s Westerdam hits ice in Alaska
Holland America’s 1,916-passenger ms Westerdam sustained damage after striking a large piece of ice while maneuvering through Alaska’s Yakutat Bay, south of Kluane National Park.
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