The crossing has its challenges, of course, but two factors will ease obstacles faced by earlier expeditions: First, ice coverage this year seems to be fairly thick; and second, so far the Russian ...

The calving glaciers and congested ice sounded like cannon fire and gunshot blasts bellowing across Icy Bay in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park of southeast Alaska. A friend and I were well within ...

As it has for others who have visited Alaska previously, the largest state in the nation remained on my bucket list for one more visit. It is a land of spectacular natural wonders: awesome (but ...