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The Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas, has approved a modification to a seismic permit issued to SAExploration Inc. in early January for the Narwhal Phase II seismic shoot. The division said the seismic survey is near Nuiqsut in the Colville River unit with equipment s...

Temperatures in most of northern Alaska have dipped to below 50 degrees this week, with strong wind chills of over 15 mph in most of those locations making it feel even colder.

88 Energy and Great Bear Pantheon are moving forward with their winter North Slope wells. Great Bear has already spud Theta West 1 and 88 Energy has finished its 111-mile snow road between KRU 2P and the Merlin 2 well location. A third company, Eni US Operating, a subsidiary of Italian multinational...

January in Canada is typically cold, and this year it sure is bone chilling. In fact, 12 of the top 15 coldest places on Earth are in Canada. 

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In a holiday season of extreme weather events, this one stands out: a 67-degree Fahrenheit reading in Alaska the day after Christmas.

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The reading from Kodiak Island on Sunday was not the only extreme weather in the state this month. Other places have seen record cold or precipitation.

The coldest US state faces weather extremes after heavy snowfall and torrential rain.

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