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The community, known as Tikigaq in Inupiaq, is laid out in a treeless grid around the Tikigaq School — "Home of the Harpooners." The local cemetery is surrounded by a fence made of whale bones stuck upright in the tundra, and remnants of prehistoric sod-house villages sit nearby.
A University of Manitoba professor is warning that a record-breaking warm January may become the new normal for future generations as the mild weather continues to play havoc on normal winter activities in Manitoba.
Anchorage isn't the only Alaska city beset by near-record snowfalls. So far this month, the capital city of Juneau had recorded 69.5 inches of snow. A storm could drop several inches of snow before the month ends, putting the monthly record of 75.2 inches (191 centimeters) set in 2009 at risk, said Andrew Park, a National Weather Service meteorologist.
A U.S. military fighter jet shot down an unknown object flying off the remote northern coast of Alaska on Friday on orders from President Joe Biden, White House officials said.
“What does missing and murdered mean to you?” The question was posed at the beginning of Tuesday’s symposium at Fort Lewis College by head speaker Gina Lopez, a Ute Mountain Ute and member of Colorado...