The border was fuzzy in Southeast Alaska due to a lack of geographic understanding: the treaty said the boundary should run ...

1895 Map of Alaska. Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas. "Russia has sold us a sucked orange. Whatever may be the value of that territory and its outlying islands to us, it has ceased to be of any to Russia.

A map shared to social media in mid-October 2024 accurately compared the size of Texas to Europe. The map shared online ...

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 ...

An interesting geographical fact is that Finland and North Korea are separated by only one country. That country is Russia.

noting that Soolook told Insider that life on the island hasn't changed dramatically since Russia invaded Ukraine. "We keep the eyes and ears." The city of Diomede, Alaska, on Little Diomede ...

Many Alaska tours are worth the splurge, but you don’t have to spend money hand over fist in every cruise port. Whether you ...

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 ...

Russia and China have staged a joint patrol over the north Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea near the coast of Alaska. The two countries have carried out several joint patrols in the past ...

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 ...

The sun had yet to rise over Iceland as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown boarded a Navy submarine-hunting ...

About as far west as you can go in the US before hitting Russia lies the string of Aleutian ... About 85% of the kids are Alaska Native. Traveling between the four schools requires flights on ...