The United States made the deal of the centuries — securing the vast Alaska territory from Russia for $7.2 million — on this day in history, Oct. 18, 1867. The transfer of 665,000 square miles ...
In the century of Russian and American colonization prior to World War II ... Historian Ken Coates described the effect of the Alaska Highway on the area's native population: "Construction ...
Between the 15th and 20th centuries, just 10 European countries colonized nearly the whole world. Colonization brought ...
More opportunities for oil drilling in the Arctic refuge and other long-sought Alaska projects could be renewed under a Trump ...
An interesting geographical fact is that Finland and North Korea are separated by only one country. That country is Russia.
A student-led project comparing satellite images of the Arctic has discovered that a small Russian island has recently ...
Qilak LNG plans to invest $5 billion in a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Alaska’s North Slope to compete with Russia’s Yamal project for Asian customers towards the end of ...
To this day, Japan and Russia do not have a peace treaty for the end of World ... Thailand successfully avoided European ...
Many Alaska tours are worth the splurge, but you don’t have to spend money hand over fist in every cruise port. Whether you ...
Alaska voters were deciding a hard-fought race for the state’s only U.S. House seat that could help decide control of that ...
In the century of Russian and American colonization prior to World War II ... Historian Ken Coates described the effect of the Alaska Highway on the area's native population: "Construction ...