The magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Russia, prompting close monitoring in Alaska, Hawaii and the U.S ...

Helena Pagano’s great-grandfather was the last Alaska Native chief of a remote island in the Bering Sea, closer to Russia than North America. He died starving as a prisoner of war after Japanese ...

A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast of Russia triggered a brief tsunami advisory that was later canceled for some coastal areas of Alaska's Aleutian Islands Thursday. The ...

The freezing cold, the impenetrable fog, and impossibly strong winds made Attu, one of several islands in the westernmost point of Alaska, the least convenient place for war. And yet, these tiny and ...