1895 Map of Alaska. Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas ... 1867 "The paltry sum of $7,000,000 for a country nearly eight times as large as this state [Illinois] and 400 miles of coast, shows Russia has ...

The large peninsula we now call Alaska was first visited by human explorers ... imagination long before it had a place on the Russian map. Russian fur hunters and traders in Siberia had heard ...

Contrary to what maps would have you believe, Alaska is enormous. That trek from Juneau to Denali ... That statistic isn't meant to scare you, just to emphasize how disproportionately large the bear ...

Elections in Alaska use ranked choice voting, so if no candidate receives a majority of the votes in the initial vote count, ...

The United States was large and self-sufficient enough ... plus the entirety of Alaska, captioned (on the map inset on the ...

There are six states with only three electoral votes each: Alaska, Delaware, North Dakota ... of the popular vote within each ...

The United States has attempted to purchase Greenland from Denmark several times, including in 1867, the year Secretary of State William H. Seward negotiated the Alaska Purchase from the Russian ...

Satellite data has enabled researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to develop a new way to measure ocean depth. The technique, which uses imagery captured by the Landsat program, works ...

Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge remains one of America’s most pristine places. This fall’s election could decide whether the U.S. drills for oil there.

Alaska's famous "midnight sun" brings long ... But don't expect swimsuit weather; Anchorage's position on the map means a temperate climate, with temperatures between June and August hovering ...

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