added 2007 Wed Jun 13 2:31:02 by TechnologyExpert
A 50-ton bowhead whale caught off the Alaskan coast last month had a weapon fragment embedded in its neck that showed it survived a similar hunt - more than a century ago. Embedded deep under its blubber was a 3 1/2-inch arrow-shaped projectile that has given researchers insight into the whale's age, estimated between 115 and 130 years old.
A 50-ton bowhead whale caught off the Alaskan coast last month had a weapon fragment embedded in its neck that showed it survived a similar hunt - more than a century ago. Embedded deep under its blubber was a 3 1/2-inch arrow-shaped projectile that has given researchers insight into the whale's age, estimated between 115 and 130 years old.
added 2007 Thu Jun 7 7:18:54 by Aidenag
Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in the Senate, disclosed in an interview that the FBI asked him to preserve records as part of a widening investigation into Alaskan political corruption that has touched his son and ensnared one of his closest political confidants and financial backers.
Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in the Senate, disclosed in an interview that the FBI asked him to preserve records as part of a widening investigation into Alaskan political corruption that has touched his son and ensnared one of his closest political confidants and financial backers.
added 2007 Thu Jun 7 7:18:54 by Aidenag
Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in the Senate, disclosed in an interview that the FBI asked him to preserve records as part of a widening investigation into Alaskan political corruption that has touched his son and ensnared one of his closest political confidants and financial backers.
Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in the Senate, disclosed in an interview that the FBI asked him to preserve records as part of a widening investigation into Alaskan political corruption that has touched his son and ensnared one of his closest political confidants and financial backers.
added 2007 Sat May 26 21:55:49 by Alexia
The sturdy little Cessnas land whenever the fog lifts, delivering children's bicycles, boxes of bullets, outboard motors and cans of dried oats. And then, with a rumble down a gravel strip, the planes are gone, the outside world recedes and this subarctic outpost steels itself once again to face the frontier of climate change.
The sturdy little Cessnas land whenever the fog lifts, delivering children's bicycles, boxes of bullets, outboard motors and cans of dried oats. And then, with a rumble down a gravel strip, the planes are gone, the outside world recedes and this subarctic outpost steels itself once again to face the frontier of climate change.
added 2007 Mon May 14 23:45:39 by populist
members of Alaska's congressional delegation are persisting in making another bridge in the Alaskan tundra.
members of Alaska's congressional delegation are persisting in making another bridge in the Alaskan tundra.
added 2007 Mon May 7 22:18:13 by KelLuv
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The top officer of an oil field services company pleaded guilty Monday to bribing Alaska lawmakers. Bill J. Allen, chief executive officer of the Anchorage-based VECO Corp., entered his plea in U.S. District Court to several counts including conspiracy and bribery, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The top officer of an oil field services company pleaded guilty Monday to bribing Alaska lawmakers. Bill J. Allen, chief executive officer of the Anchorage-based VECO Corp., entered his plea in U.S. District Court to several counts including conspiracy and bribery, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
added 2007 Sat May 5 20:27:13 by Wil
Ice caves are also called glacial caves, as that is where most of them have been found. The images on this page were taken by Jason Gulley, a glaciologist studying the hydrology of glacial caves, in Alaska and Nepal. [via reddit]
Ice caves are also called glacial caves, as that is where most of them have been found. The images on this page were taken by Jason Gulley, a glaciologist studying the hydrology of glacial caves, in Alaska and Nepal. [via reddit]
added 2007 Sat May 5 19:12:42 by Aidenag
For several thousand dollars and other promises, an Alaska legislator and two former lawmakers threw their support behind a tax scheme and a natural gas pipeline plan that would have benefited an oil services company, prosecutors said.
For several thousand dollars and other promises, an Alaska legislator and two former lawmakers threw their support behind a tax scheme and a natural gas pipeline plan that would have benefited an oil services company, prosecutors said.
added 2007 Sat Apr 28 20:34:16 by populist
The Interior Department will announce a proposal Monday to allow oil and gas drilling in federal waters near Virginia that are currently off-limits and permit new exploration in Alaska's Bristol Bay and the Gulf of Mexico
The Interior Department will announce a proposal Monday to allow oil and gas drilling in federal waters near Virginia that are currently off-limits and permit new exploration in Alaska's Bristol Bay and the Gulf of Mexico
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added 2007 Mon Apr 23 2:59:31 by jcolman
I bet Ted Stevens is P.O.'ed that he didn't think of this first: Moscow is promoting a new "megaproject" to link Asia with North America by train, pipeline, and fiber-optic cable across the Bering Strait. But skeptics suspect it may be just a bluff to scare Europe about the future of Russian oil and gas supplies.
I bet Ted Stevens is P.O.'ed that he didn't think of this first: Moscow is promoting a new "megaproject" to link Asia with North America by train, pipeline, and fiber-optic cable across the Bering Strait. But skeptics suspect it may be just a bluff to scare Europe about the future of Russian oil and gas supplies.
added 2007 Fri Mar 9 9:33:18 by Angry Ken
A 61-year-old rookie Iditarod musher turned up on the wrong trail Thursday, hours after race officials started to search for the woman thought lost along a treacherous stretch.
A 61-year-old rookie Iditarod musher turned up on the wrong trail Thursday, hours after race officials started to search for the woman thought lost along a treacherous stretch.
added 2007 Wed Jan 31 17:13:45 by DavidHalko
Yakutat, Alaska, US: Hubbard Glacier has advanced at a rate of about 80 feet per year since 1895. Although the timing is uncertain, the prospect of the glacier continuing to advance and again blocking the entrance to Russell Fiord is much more certain. Hubbard Glacier is the largest of eight calving glaciers in Alaska that are currently increasing.
Yakutat, Alaska, US: Hubbard Glacier has advanced at a rate of about 80 feet per year since 1895. Although the timing is uncertain, the prospect of the glacier continuing to advance and again blocking the entrance to Russell Fiord is much more certain. Hubbard Glacier is the largest of eight calving glaciers in Alaska that are currently increasing.
added 2007 Wed Jan 17 17:49:19 by capn_caveman
Alaska's Aleutian Islands chain is a geologic, fire-breathing dragon with dozens of active volcanoes. To prevent a Vesuvius-style disaster, researchers at the Alaska Volcano Observatory have begun channeling eruption data into Google Earth.
Alaska's Aleutian Islands chain is a geologic, fire-breathing dragon with dozens of active volcanoes. To prevent a Vesuvius-style disaster, researchers at the Alaska Volcano Observatory have begun channeling eruption data into Google Earth.
added 2006 Thu Aug 24 16:04:16 by Jason Nielubowicz
BP PLC said Wednesday that oil production at its Prudhoe Bay oilfield in Alaska, already running at half capacity due to pipeline corrosion, has been cut by 90,000 barrels per day (bpd) for several days due to a technical fault. A company spokesman said output had been reduced to 110,000 bpd after a natural gas compressor failed.
BP PLC said Wednesday that oil production at its Prudhoe Bay oilfield in Alaska, already running at half capacity due to pipeline corrosion, has been cut by 90,000 barrels per day (bpd) for several days due to a technical fault. A company spokesman said output had been reduced to 110,000 bpd after a natural gas compressor failed.
added 2006 Tue Aug 15 15:45:09 by TimALoftis
About 300 US soldiers who recently returned home to Alaska after a year in Iraq have now been ordered back after their unit's deployment was extended.
About 300 US soldiers who recently returned home to Alaska after a year in Iraq have now been ordered back after their unit's deployment was extended.
added 2006 Tue Aug 15 6:50:59 by Scott-O-Rama
Bears And People Get Up Close At Sanctuary, But Will The Animals Know To Fear Hunters?
Bears And People Get Up Close At Sanctuary, But Will The Animals Know To Fear Hunters?
added 2006 Mon Aug 14 22:15:06 by dirtyfratboy
Oil major BP Plc said it did not yet have a timeframe for restarting the eastern half of its 400,000 barrels per day Prudhoe Bay oil field in Alaska, which was shut last week after government-ordered tests turned up severe corrosion in an oil transit pipeline.
Oil major BP Plc said it did not yet have a timeframe for restarting the eastern half of its 400,000 barrels per day Prudhoe Bay oil field in Alaska, which was shut last week after government-ordered tests turned up severe corrosion in an oil transit pipeline.
added 2006 Sat Aug 12 14:05:01 by TimALoftis
BP PLC said Friday it would keep one side of the nation's largest oil field open as it replaces 16 miles of pipeline, averting a total shutdown that could have put a larger crimp in the nation's oil supply.
BP PLC said Friday it would keep one side of the nation's largest oil field open as it replaces 16 miles of pipeline, averting a total shutdown that could have put a larger crimp in the nation's oil supply.
added 2006 Tue Aug 8 14:38:29 by TimALoftis
The Energy Department reported today that the average price of a gallon of gasoline went up by more than three cents last week to $3.04.
The Energy Department reported today that the average price of a gallon of gasoline went up by more than three cents last week to $3.04.
added 2006 Mon Aug 7 21:23:34 by Neophile
Governors worried about damage to the economy and complained about years of neglecting energy policy after an Alaska oil field shutdown, but offered far different solutions.
Governors worried about damage to the economy and complained about years of neglecting energy policy after an Alaska oil field shutdown, but offered far different solutions.
added 2006 Mon Aug 7 14:27:47 by rtay150
Oil company BP has indefinitely shut down the nation's biggest oilfield after finding a pipeline leak, removing about 8 percent of U.S. oil production and stoking fears that already high gas prices will shoot up further.
Oil company BP has indefinitely shut down the nation's biggest oilfield after finding a pipeline leak, removing about 8 percent of U.S. oil production and stoking fears that already high gas prices will shoot up further.
added 2006 Mon Aug 7 4:51:39 by jeremytoday
Half the oil production on Alaska's North Slope was being shut down Sunday after BP Exploration Alaska, Inc. discovered severe corrosion and a small spill from a Prudhoe Bay oil transit line.
Half the oil production on Alaska's North Slope was being shut down Sunday after BP Exploration Alaska, Inc. discovered severe corrosion and a small spill from a Prudhoe Bay oil transit line.
added 2006 Fri Aug 4 3:40:38 by runbmd
A school in a remote Eskimo village caught fire Thursday and the blaze quickly grew out of control, engulfing several homes and buildings and forcing 250 people to flee.
A school in a remote Eskimo village caught fire Thursday and the blaze quickly grew out of control, engulfing several homes and buildings and forcing 250 people to flee.
