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Tag: Alaska
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Why did Russia sell Alaska to the United States?
The Alaska deal was initially considered a loss for the US and was famously called ''Seward's Folly.''
May 6, 2022 -
7 including state lawmaker dead after two planes collide in Alaska
The Federal Aviation Administration identified one of the planes as a de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver. The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash.
August 1, 2020 -
Alaska heat wave shatters city’s record, disrupts jobs and lives
Fourth of July fireworks were cancelled due to the risk of wildfires caused by "extreme dry weather conditions," as temperatures matching those in Miami highlighted rapid warming in a region considered particularly vulnerable to climate change.
July 6, 2019 -
ITBP officer becomes 1st Indian civil servant to climb Mount Denali
After the spectacular feat, DIG Aparna Kumar's next target is to reach the North Pole in the summer of 2020 and complete the "Explorer's Grand Slam"
July 1, 2019 -
US teen killed ‘best friend’ after being promised $9 million online: Police
According to investigators, Denali Brehmer, an 18-year-old from Alaska, was recruited to kill her friend by a man a few years her elder, 21-year-old Darin Schilmiller of Indiana.
June 19, 2019 -
Huge 8.2 earthquake hits Alaska
An earthquake measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale jolted the southern Alaskan coast in the US on Tuesday, prompting a tsunami warning along the coastline. The quake hit 300 km southeast of Kodiak at a depth of 10 km at 12.21 a.m., the US Geological Survey said. The US National Tsunami Warning Centre issued a...
January 23, 2018 -
Earthquake of 6.9 magnitude hits off Alaska
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit on Friday off Alaska's Aleutian Islands, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicentre of the event, although strong and shallow, at a depth of 4.3 km, was in the Bering Sea about 205 km northwest of Attu Station, in the Aleutians West Census Area, Xinhua reported. As the island...
June 3, 2017 -
Spain’s Repsol announces big Alaska oil find
Spanish oil and gas giant Repsol on Friday announced a large oil find in Alaska that it says holds approximately 1.2 billion barrels of recoverable light oil. The discovery, made with its US partner Armstrong Energy, is Repsol's biggest since a gas find in Venezuela in 2009, a spokesman said. The find is the "the...
March 10, 2017
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