Since its founding on August 25, 1916, the U.S. National Park Service has assembled 419 protected units, of which 62 hold the ...

You can reach Petersburg by Alaska Marine Highway ferry or Alaska Airlines flights from Juneau and Seattle. May is best for ...

From dormant volcanoes and salt pans to urban forests and library gardens, these are the places we go for peace and quiet.

At 51 nights, the Great United States Cruise covers 14 states, including visits to three national parks and a nearly complete ...

The UK's longest direct train journey, which has been in operation for over 100 years, is being discontinued. CrossCountry, the operator of the Aberdeen to Penzance route, confirmed that the ...

It’s often called the longest drivable road in the world. The trip starts in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, and ends in Ushuaia, Argentina through interconnected highways in North, Central, and South America.

Glacier Swim Club’s Amy Liddle ... that marked the opening of the championship’s long swims. “It’s the longest event that you swim competitively in club. It’s pretty much just 18 ...

The development of oil projects in Alaska’s North Slope and Arctic is boosting jobs growth in these areas more than the average for the state, according to the latest figures by the Alaska ...

I cover climate change and energy through reportages, articles, interviews and in-depth reports. I am interested in the impacts of global warming on everyday life and solutions for an emission ...

Japan would consider investing in a long-delayed $44 billion liquefied natural gas project in Alaska as part of an effort to negotiate a trade deal with the US. The Alaska energy project should be ...

Linsbauer is on the Aletsch, the longest glacier in Europe, to demonstrate how to measure the amount of snow that accumulates on the glacier in a year, a critical sign of how the glacier may fare ...