Two different mountain climbers, two different approaches to the tallest mountain in Alaska. People present as a ...

NASA plans to fly two rockets through active auroras and study the unique ribbons of light that dance across the Alaskan ...

Alaska’s Arctic Ocean shores had been known to hold oil in some capacity since the 1800s. Native Alaskans would cut blocks of tundra to use as fuel for heat, as the frozen grass was soaked with ...

Polar days and polar nights occur in locations within the Arctic and Antarctic Circles. A polar day is when the sun does not set and stays above the horizon for an extended period, while a polar night ...

When I moved to Longyearbyen, there were a few things that took me by surprise.Residents here receive a ration card limiting how much beer and spirits they can buy.Because we live near polar bears, ...

A 34-year-old woman, Alayna Betcher, led officers on a 30-minute high-speed chase from Fairbanks to North Pole on Saturday.

Your navigation system just got a critical update, one that happens periodically because Earth’s magnetic north pole keeps ...

Planning policy board agreed last week to release a draft call for project nominations, opening a 45-day response period for ...

Since at least the early 19th century, Earth’s north magnetic pole has been situated in the Canadian Arctic and slowly moving ...

Fairbanks police say one of their sergeants is physically OK after a now-arrested DUI suspect rammed their car during a ...

Residents of the northeastern United States know it's been colder than normal this month, but how cold has it been? Over the week of Jan. 5 to 11, Pittsburgh's temperatures have been most similar to ...

A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury's north pole.The European and Japanese robotic explorer swooped as close as 183 miles (295 kilometers) above Mercury's ...