Things in the Arctic have never been hotter. In the past year, Russian nuclear submarines have practiced firing cruise ...

Google Maps will change the name of Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America when the US government officially makes the change ...

See our Citation Policies for more details about how to structure your data citation. The map consists of ESRI Shapefiles of landscape polygons (in landscape unit types) for the Russian Arctic coastal ...

The U.S. and Canadian jets were scrambled just weeks after four Russian warplanes were shadowed by NORAD aircraft after they flew near Alaska. The Arctic has become a critical geopolitical focal ...

The U.S. bought Alaska from Russia in 1867. To mark the 150th anniversary of the sale in 2017, we asked William L. Iggiagruk Hensley, a visiting professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage ...

Sergey Mironov, leader of ‘A Just Russia,’ claims grounds for Russia to reclaim Alaska, citing historical sale and current ...

Last September, a Russian military jet was filmed flying dangerously close to an American fighter plane, patrolling off the coast of Alaska. NORAD later condemned the action of the Russian Su-35 ...

In 1867, the US purchased Alaska from Russia for just USD 7.2 million! But did you know this wasn’t just a simple deal? It’s a story of politics, power struggles, and a nation’s ambitions.

Following President Trump’s declarations about changes to the map, Google employees were given the highest level of urgency ...