An Alaskan fisheries observer went missing in South America in September, and now the U.S. Coast Guard and FBI are investigating his disappearance.
Aleutians
French sailor makes desperate leap onto Shell icebreaker
French sailor Manu Wattecamps-Etienne dove onto the icebreaker in 20-foot seas, about 12 hours after sending out a distress signal.
Seabirds recolonize Attu Island amid toxic WWII battlefield remnants
Attu is scheduled for what may be the first of many stages of cleanup — but it’s unlikely the military will ever be able to turn back the clock to a time before conflict.
Museum of the Aleutians closes after 1801 Bible found in director’s house
The museum’s board of directors voted Oct. 12 to close the museum and place executive director Zoya Johnson on paid administrative leave.
Who do you call to fix failing earthquake monitors? Volcano scientists.
A backlog of deferred maintenance and a lack of funding, coupled with the extreme environment, have caused some of the seismic monitoring stations to quit working over the past several years.
Shell’s oil rigs leave the Arctic, skip Seattle
Shell spent more than $8 billion and nearly a decade looking for oil in the Chukchi Sea, including $1.4 billion this year alone.
Cowboys herd hundreds of cattle by helicopter on remote Aleutian island
The Bering Pacific Ranches at Fort Glenn on Umnak Island are herding their tundra-roaming cattle to take them to market.
Buldir Island a ‘life changer’ for seabird researchers
For some wildlife biologists, getting to work on an island at the tip of the Aleutian Chain is the chance of a lifetime.
Alaska port town reacts to Shell’s Arctic exit
Unalaska officials said the move won’t hit the city’s budget too hard. But local companies doing business with Shell are scrambling to figure out what it will mean for them.
Aleutians monument labeled threat, derided as ‘straw man’
Rep. Young and other Republicans attacked the idea of creating a marine national monument around the Aleutian Islands Tuesday morning.