A state official says competing applications to provide natural gas distribution in North Pole could slow a liquefied natural gas trucking plan. Gene Therriault is deputy director of the Alaska Energy Authority. He told the Fairbanks City Council last week that he'd like to see resolution sooner tha Full story
An immunization clinic is planned for later this month in North Pole. Full story
Public meetings have been scheduled to review the impact of transferring the F-16 fighter jet squadron from Fairbanks to Anchorage. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports meetings are planned June 19 in Fairbanks and June 20 in North Pole. A draft Environmental Impact Study released May 31 b Full story
A Fairbanks man has pleaded guilty to killing his estranged girlfriend and hiding her body. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports Nyrobbie Chandler pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree murder and evidence tampering in the death of Kaylynn Bishop. He is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 4 and 5 an Full story
The North Pole’s surprise trip toward Greenland is due to Earth's rapidly melting ice sheets, a new study finds. Full story
On May 9, 1926, famed American explorer Richard Byrd took off from the Norwegian Arctic island of Spitsbergen along with his pilot, Floyd Bennett, in an attempt to be the first to fly to the North Pole. About 16 hours later, the pair returned to the island in their Fokker tri-motor airplane, the Jos Full story
With temperatures averaging at -30 degrees, the North Pole can be one of the most inhospitable places on earth. However, in April, the Russian Geographical Society opens up Camp Barneo to scientists and well-heeled travelers. ITV’s Lawrence McGinty reports.
A statue of Roald Amundsen, the first to reach the South Pole and one of the first at the North Pole, is seen in Ny-Aalesund, near the launch site of many polar expeditions, May 28, 2013. REUTERS/Balazs Koranyi (NORWAY - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)
Arctic explorer Artur Chilingarov holds a photograph showing the Russian national flag that was planted on the seabed at the North Pole after the exhibition members' arrival in Moscow in this August 7, 2007 file photo. Russian polar explorer Chilingarov made his name in the Soviet Union with a darin
