6+ hour ago  (386+ words) In 2023, a 24-year-old woman and her son were killed in a polar bear attack in Wales, in far western Alaska Late every summer, polar bears gather outside Kaktovik, a remote Alaskan Native village situated on the edge of the continent,…...

7+ hour, 40+ min ago  (718+ words) Late every summer, hulking white bears gather outside a tiny Alaska Native village on the edge of the continent, far above the Arctic Circle, to feast on whale carcasses left behind by hunters and to wait for the deep cold…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (782+ words) Thousands of Black soldiers performed the backbreaking work of transforming rough-hewn wilderness in extreme weather swings during World War II to help build the first road link between Alaska and the Lower 48. The work of the segregated Black soldiers is…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (133+ words) The Independent Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Watch as 80, 000 teddy bears are tossed onto ice rink in "sweet, cuddly mayhem" - More than 80, 000 teddy bears were…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago  (244+ words) A new study suggests a teenage boy, living over 6, 000 years ago in what is now Bulgaria, survived a lion attack. - Archaeologists uncovered his remains, revealing multiple bite marks on his skull, which were identified as being from a lion's carnassial…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (112+ words) A 6. 0-magnitude earthquake struck near Susitna, Alaska, just after 8 a. m. local time on Thanksgiving morning. - The tremors were felt as far as Fairbanks, approximately 350 miles north of Anchorage, attributed to the earthquake's depth of 43 miles. - There were no immediate reports of…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (87+ words) An immersion program that helps preserve an Alaska Native language has been a boon to children displaced by last month's severe flooding in western Alaska. After Typhoon Halong devastated two Yup'ik villages along the Bering Sea last month, many residents…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (542+ words) The woman, aged in her eighties, is said to have been hiking a steep trail on Lizard Island but did not return to the cruise ship Authorities are investigating the death of an elderly Australian woman who was left behind…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (623+ words) The woman, aged in her 80s, is said to have been hiking a steep trail on Lizard Island but did not return to the cruise ship An elderly Australian woman has been found dead after she failed to return to a…...

6+ mon, 3+ day ago  (504+ words) Billy Halloran survived a near-fatal bear attack in the Japanese woods after a black bear snapped his arm in two An ultra marathon runner savagely attacked by a bear in the woods has spoken out about his terrifying near-death experience....