A nearly 800-kilometer train journey across the United States offers the opportunity to visit national parks, admire glaciers, and admire the northern lights. Travel & Leisure explains how to plan a train trip in Alaska. If anyone insists that truly comfortable and exciting train journeys only exist…
In 1867, Russia sold Alaska to the United States for $7,2 million. Just 50 years later, Americans made 100 times more money in Alaska. Russia Beyond the Headlines looks into the confusing history of the sale of Alaska. Many people still…
The presidents of the United States and Russia met face to face for the first time in several years. The main goal of the meeting in Alaska was a ceasefire in Ukraine, and it was not achieved, CNN reports. But the summit did provide food for thought, according to BBC journalists.…
Alaska is unlike any other place on earth. From large to tiny, Alaskan cities offer a sense of wilderness and adventure, according to World Atlas. Alaska is much more than just the largest state in the United States. It’s the perfect place for untouched landscapes.…
Camping on a glacier is not just a hike, because Wrangell-St. Elias is not an ordinary national park, but the largest in the United States. It combines vast glaciers, mountains, forests and rivers. It is about six times larger than Yellowstone, the publication writes…
A couple who moved from the suburbs of New England to a remote corner of Alaska told the New York Post about their difficult life in this wild place. Photo: Kari Ahlers | Dreamstime.com Dennis and Amy, known online as Holdfast Alaska, have been living in…
Canadian police have recovered the wreckage of a UFO that was shot down near Lake Huron last year. The unidentified flying object was brought down by a US F-16 fighter jet on February 12, 2023. This is the third UFO incident to occur in North America in February 2023, NBC reports. The object is described…
The Fat Bear Contest has finished in Alaska. Grazer, a female bear, won it for the second time, beating the giant male who killed her cub this summer in a plot almost straight out of Hollywood. Grazer beat Chunk by more than 40 votes cast by fans watching the bears in…
The odious Russian propagandist and TV presenter Olga Skabeeva said on television that Alaska belongs to Russia. During the broadcast of the “60 Minutes” program on the Russia-1 channel, Skabeeva called the American state “our Alaska.” Alaska once truly belonged to Russia, but in 1867...
The Gault family of nine from Oklahoma found themselves abandoned in a remote part of Alaska after a Norwegian Cruise Lines ship abandoned them there. The cruise company also billed the Gaults $9 for customs duties, the New York Post writes.…