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An oil drilling site, rig and wells at the Kuparuk oil field on the North Slope of Alaska.
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Drilling for oil on the moon

This is the second in a series of articles looking at how climate change and geopolitics are reshaping the High North’s strategic landscape, from the quest for oil and gas and mineral resources to...

As Biden weighs Willow, he blocks other Alaska oil drilling

As Biden weighs Willow, he blocks other Alaska oil drilling

White House national security spokesman John Kirby speaks to reporters during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 13, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

US shoots down car-sized unidentified object flying above Alaska

How Alaska became part of the United States

How Alaska became part of the United States

Fur seals rest along the northern shore in St. George, Alaska, US, May 22, 2021. Hundreds of thousands of fur seals spend their summer on St George each year. Photo :Reuters

Baked Alaska - record December warmth and winter rains

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Six, including pilot, killed in crash of Alaska sightseeing plane

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Huge quake of magnitude 8.2 on Alaska Peninsula triggers tsunami alert

Satellite imagery shows lightning strikes occuring above the Arctic regions of Alaska, United States, July 12, 2021. NOAA Handout via REUTERS

Scientists stunned by rare Arctic lightning storms north of Alaska

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (2nd R), joined by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan (R), speaks while facing Yang Jiechi (2nd L), director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office, and Wang Yi (L), China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister, at the opening session of US-China talks at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska, US March 18, 2021. Frederic J. Brown/Pool via REUTERS

'Tough' US-China talks signal rocky start to relations under Biden

The Chinese delegation led by Yang Jiechi (C), director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office and Wang Yi (2nd L), China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister, speak with their US counterparts at the opening session of US-China talks at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska, US March 18, 2021. Frederic J. Brown/Pool via Reuters

Top US, China officials clash publicly in Alaska

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan (R) speaks as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on at the opening session of US-China talks at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. March 18, 2021. Frederic J. Brown/Pool via Reuters

Chinese delegation faults United States on protocol at Alaska talks

Flags of US and China are displayed at American International Chamber of Commerce (AICC)'s booth during China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing, China, May 28, 2019/ Reuters

Troubled US-China ties face new test in Alaska meeting

US President Donald Trump participates in a phone call with Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley October 4, 2020, in his conference room at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Not shown in the photo also in the room on the call is Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Photo: Reuters

Trump administration issues last-minute Arctic refuge drilling leases