In Alaska, there is an acute shortage of law enforcement officers in remote areas, AnchorageDailyNews reports. The summer months turned into autumn, and Justin Edwards occasionally ran into a man wanted for attempted murder. On the street, near a school or village store. “He said 'Hello' and led ...
In 1992, an American undergraduate donated all his money to charity and drove alone into the wilds of Alaska to start a new life, BBC said. After hitchhiking to the city of Fairbanks, 24-year-old Chris McCandless settled in an abandoned bus, where he sometimes spent the night ...
In the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, the situation is heating up. Three distant volcanoes are erupting, and another is preparing to erupt in an archipelago that is part of the "ring of fire" where the Pacific tectonic plate meets several others. Smithsonian Magazine writes about it. According to the observatory of volcanoes ...
Alaska residents receive discounts on licenses for some of the best fisheries in the United States, fishing and hunting, and the Alaskan government annually distributes a Permanent Fund (DPF) dividend to every legal resident. To qualify for resident status, you need to have ...
An 28 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Alaska on Wednesday, July 8,2. It has been the strongest since 1964. Writes about this CNN. A very strong earthquake occurred about 56 miles (91 km) southeast of Perryville, Alaska. The earthquake was ...
The crew of a Coast Guard helicopter spotted a lone man waving his arms in the air in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness. As it turned out, they arrived just in time. The grizzly bear hunted the man for several days. He is tired, almost out of cartridges. More details were told by the publication Yahoo! ...
In Alaska, a tourist was bitten by a female bear after his dog chased her and her two cubs. Writes about this New York Post. According to Alaska Wildlife Troopers, the man and his 13-month-old border collie walked along the Kenai River trail on June 27 ...
A powerful 6,1 magnitude earthquake struck Alaska, shaking homes and knocking items off shelves as tremors were felt across 2000 square miles (nearly 5200 square kilometers). The Daily Mail writes about this. A strong earthquake of magnitude 6,1 struck Alaska. An earthquake occurred...
More and more tourists from all over the world are coming to Alaska, and it’s not hard to see why: they want to see untouched nature in all its grandeur, writes Share America. According to the Alaska Tourism Industry Association, in June - September 2016, the number of foreign tourists...
April 1 is not always as fun as you expected. But there are rare exceptions. One of the most original draws took place in 1974 in Alaska. This case was reported by IFL Science. On a beautiful clear day with a cool azure sky ...