Alaska

Scientists assumed that people first arrived in the Americas by walking south from the now-flooded land bridge in the Bering Strait that once connected Russia to Alaska

A 90-kilogram walrus calf found alone and miles from the ocean on Alaska's North Slope is being bottle fed and receiving round-the-clock "cuddling" from doting animal welfare workers who are trying to keep the 1-month-old baby alive.

The helicopter carrying Czech billionaire Petr Kellner, 56, just missed clearing an Alaskan ridge by three to five metres when it crashed, preliminary investigations show.

Mr Kellner, who is worth an estimated US$17.5 billion (A$23 billion) according to Forbes, was one of five passengers on board the fatal flight on Saturday (local time).

Alaska Airlines plane crashed on a highway in Alaska. Luckily, the flight from Anchorage to Unalaska Island did not end tragically.

The machine overshot the runway and stopped just short of plunging into the waters of Unalaska Bay.

At least 4 people were injured in the incident. Fortunately, there are no dead.

I am writing these lines as a wildfire rages through a nature reserve on the island of Evia, north of Athens. It's impossible not to think about climate change.

The Alaskans, roused by a major earthquake and threatened by the specter of a tsunami, moved in the middle of the night.

6,000 Bulgarian students are expected to go to student brigades in the United States this year, the BNR reported.

The most preferred positions are for waiters and bartenders, as they are well paid, experts say. Payment vary from $ 9 to $ 15 per hour. It is highest in the states of Massachusetts, California and Alaska.

A baby girl who died in Alaska some 11,500 years ago belonged to a formerly-unknown population group whose discovery has shed light on the peopling of the Americas, a study of her genome revealed on Jan. 3.

A super motorway that would connect the eastern border of Russia with Alaska in the United States was proposed by Russia.

The plan, presented by the head of Russia Rail Vladimir Yakunin, also calls for a high-speed railway to be built alongside the motorway, while both routes would support new cities and industries created as a result of the construction, the Siberian Times writes.

Royal Dutch Shell will cease exploration in Arctic waters off Alaska's coast following disappointing results from an exploratory well it just completed.