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New Scientist on MSN1d
First evidence of ancient birds nesting above the Arctic circle
Tiny bone fragments from Alaska suggest birds started breeding and nesting in the Arctic 30 million years earlier than ...
Live Science on MSN1d
Birds have been nesting in the Arctic Circle for almost 73 million years, newly discovered fossils reveal
A major collection of more than 50 bird fossils found in northern Alaska suggest some ancient ancestors of modern birds ...
The Washington Post6mon
As it enters polar night, this Alaska town won’t see sunrise for 64 days
The nation’s northernmost town — Utqiagvik, Alaska — is about to descend ... North latitude — some 330 miles north of the Arctic Circle. That means that, for about two months every year ...
FOX Weather on MSN17d
Alaska town sees last sunset until August as 84 days of daylight begins
UTQIAGVIK, Alaska– The town at the northern tip of Alaska has seen its last moment of darkness for nearly three months. Utqiagvik experiences this phenomenon known to locals as "midnight sun" every ...
USA Today6mon
Town in Alaska won't see the sun for two months as it enters polar night
The northernmost town in America is about to experience ... carrying anything in the Arctic Circle out of the sun's line of sight. During polar night, the sun "never takes so much as a peak ...
The Independent8mon
An Alaskan town has a dark history of missing persons. A podcast host is picking up where authorities left off
Podcast host Payne Lindsey traveled to Nome, Alaska at the edge of the Arctic Circle to investigate the ... vanished from the same town on August 31, 2020. A native of Wales, Alaska, a village ...
Alaska Public Media2y
Kotzebue residents want a say if Arctic traffic brings the military back to town
Kotzebue Sound, 30 miles north of the Arctic Circle, is separated from the open ... In recent years, more fighter jets have been based in Alaska, cold weather training for soldiers here has ...