New research by Brown University geologists confirms that the Aleutian Islands, the archipelago stretching from Alaska to Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, experienced a massive geological uplift between ...

As the UK swings between breezy sunshine and sweltering heatwaves, there's never been a better excuse to spend more time outdoors. Stand-up paddleboards have become a familiar sight on beaches, lakes ...

In the early spring of 1942, when the Army Corps of Engineers arrived to begin building the Alaska Highway, Alaska's population was approximately 73,000. About half of those residents were Native ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The papers of Aleš Hrdlička, curator ...

A new study has found that Alaska’s Aleutian Islands rose dramatically between five million and seven million years ago, lifted across the entire 1,000-mile chain at roughly the same time. Rocks from ...

Many history books say that Vitus Bering “discovered” Alaska in 1741. Of course, that disregards the inconvenient fact that there were already thousands of indigenous peoples populating the territory ...