Page 33 - Brooks Range News Today

The Arctic Sounder - Serving the Northwest Arctic and the North Slope

A drive down Bolivia's infamous "Death Road" takes travellers into a world where two resources have provoked fascination, misunderstanding and controversy for centuries: coca and gold.

Ambivalence about the Ambler road and mine projects extends across the Upper Kobuk River region, where jobs could support subsistence but development could jeopardize it. #ANCSA50

Showcasing eight towns and villages, the stunning road brings a different kind of sunshine to the French Riviera, when the region breaks out in giant brushstrokes of rich yellow.

A new report compares anticipated and actual spills at Alaska's 5 largest hard rock mines.

Home to Portugal's "mountain of stars" and some of Europe's least light-polluted skies, the Alentejo region is best seen at night.

Shake off your winter hiking slump with these early-season destinations.

NORTH OF COLDFOOT — Though the calendar calls it springtime, the thermometer on the truck reads minus 28 F on this sunny morning a few days past spring equinox.

The temperature had dropped below 20 as the sun set on Coldfoot, Alaska. I'd left the little inn at Coldfoot Camp to search the night for dancing lights.

Usually, when Women’s History Month rolls around, people talk about modern-day, living women who should be honored or very well-known women in history who should be remembered. While this is important, it is also essential to honor accomplished women who are less known by the general public. One such person is Margaret Thomas Murie, who...