In the early spring of 1942, when the Army Corps of Engineers arrived to begin building the Alaska Highway ... of the islands that faced the Bering Sea, due to the abundance of resources on ...

Average seas in the Bering Sea have around 10- to 20-foot waves ... Before heading up to Alaska, the ship loads up with three months' worth of food. Even so, it's hardly necessary.

But the incursion took place in the Bering Sea about 290 miles northeast of Shemya ... NORAD launched aircraft from its Alaska region, but Garand did not share information about specific aircraft ...

A sea otter feeding in Glacier Bay, Alaska photographed by scientist Jim Bodkin. Click image for a larger view. Ironically, it is the otter's fur that brought the animal to the brink of extinction.

and the final cruise will be used to help study how landfast ice — a term of ice attached to the coastline or shallow sea floor — forms on the Arctic Alaska coastline, he said. The Sikuliaq is ...

The Bering Air commuter plane carrying 10 people, which went missing over Alaska while en route to Nome, was found crashed on ...

Cruisetours – Holland America Line's sea- and land-based packages – leave from several cities and extend each trip to between nine and 18 days. If this will be your first visit to Alaska ...

Alaska's astounding beauty and vast wilderness ... harbor and Dall's porpoises, sea otters, harbor seals, mountain goats, sea lions, seabirds, and bald eagles soaring overhead.

The Unique Appeal of Small Excursion Ships Alaska is a natural fit for cruising. Its sprawling wilderness, towering glaciers, ...