UNESCO World Heritage says the Heard Island and McDonald Islands exist "in the complete absence" of human impact.

The island became US territory in 1867, following the Alaska Purchase. But links to Russia remain. Many residents still have Russian surnames, and the church remains a big part of the local community.

These islands all have long been deserted by their former ... were forced to evacuate to mainland Alaska. Their village, however, still stands. Another island off the coast of Venice, humans ...

They also dive a secret shipwreck that is loaded with giant fish and setup camp on a deserted tropical island paradise ... spot crashed plane in icy Alaska lake ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Helena Pagano’s great-grandfather was the last Alaska Native chief of a remote island in the Bering Sea, closer to Russia than North America. He died starving as a prisoner of ...

Located in a remote area of Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, the residents have a more or less isolated lifestyle, where the brutal conditions prevent roads and certain government services from ...

In 1908, the whaling industry collapsed and Herschel Island was deserted. Loetscher Chlaus ... descendents of the Thule Inuit tribes who left Alaska to colonize the island a thousand years ...