When two friends – Justin Wateridge and Charlie Stanley-Evans – took on the Yukon 1000, the longest canoe race in the world, it wasn’t just a lesson in physical survival, but mental too. A loud, ...

In light of this, many Alaska Native youth are dedicating their careers to protecting the environment and bringing Indigenous knowledge into mainstream spaces, including environmental science ...

Many Alaska Native youth are dedicating their careers to protecting the environment and bringing Indigenous knowledge into mainstream spaces.

With climate change threatening Indigenous lifeways in Alaska, these four young women are devoting their careers to their preservation.

JKBrooks85/Wikipedia For its first three and a half decades, the Yukon Quest’s route shadowed the river for much of its distance. The race map was adjusted over time: For instance, according to Firth, ...

Snowfall blanketed the start of the 2025 Yukon Quest Alaska as the historic race kicked off on Saturday. Lines of fans surrounded the starting chute, cheering sled teams as they ...

New research on climate warming reveals that some of the most extreme shifts are happening in Siberia, Canada’s Northwest Territories, and Alaska. The study, published in Geophysical Research Letters, ...

Two salmon species have all but disappeared from Alaska's Yukon River this year, prompting the state to shut down fishing in an effort to save them ...

Since launching in the state in late 2022, Starlink has given Alaskans another option for web access in places that are harder to reach with physical infrastructure.

The funds will upgrade the Yukon side of the highway, which runs between Destruction Bay and the Yukon/Alaska border, also known as the Shakwak corridor.

Unfortunately, the larger, more detailed of the two Kohklux maps was deemed too fragile to travel to the Yukon, but a replica was put on display during the conference. Thanks to an eclipse, a ...