PBS7y
U.S. and British Newspapers Respond to the Sale of Alaska in 1867
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.
Fox News25d
Alaska treaty first widely criticized in US, but Russian nationalists said to regret massive American land grab today
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 ...
Map Accurately Compares Size of Texas to Europe?
A map shared to social media in mid-October 2024 accurately compared the size of Texas to Europe. The map shared online ...
Juneau Empire17d
Border Patrol: Drawing the line between Alaska and Canada
(U.S. Forest Service map) After the U.S. 1867 purchase of Alaska from Russia, the inherited treaty needed clarification. In the 1890s, Canada and the U.S. jointly decided to delineate the border ...
TheCollector on MSN10d
How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
An interesting geographical fact is that Finland and North Korea are separated by only one country. That country is Russia.
Business Insider India2y
Meet Little Diomede Island in Alaska, the 'eyes and ears' of the United States just 2.4 miles from 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 ...
AOL26d
On this day in history, October 18, 1867, United States purchases Alaska from Russia for cool $7.2 million
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 ...
The Points Guy on MSN8d
Free things to do in Alaska on a cruise
Many Alaska tours are worth the splurge, but you don’t have to spend money hand over fist in every cruise port. Whether you ...
USNI14d
Russia’s Arctic Rise
The sun had yet to rise over Iceland as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown boarded a Navy submarine-hunting ...
BBC3mon
China and Russia stage first joint bomber patrol near Alaska
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 ...
朝日新聞社1y
Alaska’s Qilak LNG targets Asia with $5 billion project to compete with Russia
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 ...
CNET3y
In remote Alaska, broadband for all remains a dream. So a school district got creative
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 ...