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How the beavers got to the Baldwin Peninsula, which is surrounded by salt water and extends north of the Arctic Circle, is anyone’s guess.

Alaskans can help the National Weather Service monitor rivers during a potentially dangerous breakup this year through a University of Alaska Fairbanks citizen science project.

Scientists have documented a recent population explosion of beavers on the Baldwin Peninsula near Kotzebue.

Three weeks after it got stuck in Arctic sea-ice, the Sparta-3 makes it into open waters. The situation on board had been strained as reserves of fuel and water shrunk to low levels and the crew had to fight hard with icing. The military transport vessel did not have permission for sailing in the area.

Alaska’s Arctic landscape is under assault from a warming climate, and it’s happening a lot faster than anticipated.

According to city staff, complaints about sidewalks have been coming to the bylaw department about once every other day — there have been 15 since Nov. 1,

Safetravel.is, which aims to reduce the risk of travel-related accidents in Iceland, has introduced a new map. Minister of Tourism, Industry and Innovation Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir formally introduced the map at the What’s On Tourist Information Centre in downtown Reykjavík this week. The new map combines what once were three maps – vedur.is, vegagerdin.is, …

Rising sea levels will threaten three times more people in the next 30 years than previously thought, according to the latest scientific estimates. Among the hundreds of millions of people worldwide facing the threat are the 400 residents of Newtok, Alaska. Rising river and eroding land is pushing the entire community to relocate, despite emotional and logistical hurdles.

Temperatures across the Arctic have been warmer than usual this fall, with one community in the Northwest Territories recording above-average temperatures for 72 days in a row.

By better aligning the tire season with average snowfall, the city hopes to limit road deterioration.

The islands were first noticed by a student engineer who had observed the unidentified land masses in satellite images

The Destination Charger was donated by Tesla Corporation and installed by Mark Haller and his crew from Midnight Sun Solar, along with Tyson Belle from Diamond Ridge Electric.

The top of the world saw record-beating average temperatures flashing through all three summer months.

The McKinley fire, Deshka Landing fire and Swan Lake fire continued to impact Southcentral Alaska with highway closures and delays, smoke and questions about when residents evacuated from the McKinley fire would be able to return to their homes.

Homer-area neighborhoods have been told to prepare for potential evacuation. The Sterling and Parks highways have been partially reopened — but expect delays.

A fire management official said more concrete information about the structures damaged by the fire will be available after emergency managers go in to survey the area on Tuesday.

An Anchorage couple and a Virginia woman died in the crash above Tern Lake. Another woman survived.

Sea surface temperatures are 9 degrees higher than normal in some areas off Western Alaska.

The Homer Spit’s future as an iconic tourist attraction is in danger of washing away. Erosion along the spit’s sea walls is not a new problem. City officials are working with state and federal agencies to find a lasting solution.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch covers an area twice the size of Texas or three times the size of France.