Tag: arctic

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) – A judge in Alaska has set aside a federal agency’s action designating an area the size of Texas as critical habitat for two species of threatened…

By: Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon More than 1 ½ years after he was nominated, Alaskan Mike Sfraga was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Thursday as the nation’s first Arctic…

By: Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Healy, the largest U.S. icebreaker, is on its way to Alaska for the first of three Arctic scientific missions planned…