When Alaska gained full statehood, America became an Arctic nation. As such, we should be fully engaged. At the closest point on the Bering Sea, we are 53 miles from Russia, so we will be deeply ...

Gates of the Arctic isn’t even the biggest national park; that title belongs to Wrangell-St. Elias in south-central Alaska. But at 200 miles long and 130 miles wide, Gates of the Arctic was just ...

When the Russians sailed a submarine in 2007 to plant a titanium flag on the "north pole," they were seen as provocateurs, not explorers. Despite the danger, the Arctic has no mandatory ...