Sunken shipwrecks tell the story of Alaska’s ‘forgotten’ WWII battlefield
U.S. and Japanese forces fought over the Aleutian Islands during World War II. Relics of this conflict can still be found on seafloor today, and the Indigenous people who used to call the islands home ...
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'Life Below Zero' Fans Are Worried About Denise Becker — What Happened to Her?
Fans of National Geographic's docuseries 'Life Below Zero' are worried about Denise Becker. What happened to her? Here's what ...
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When wildfires break out, this elite team of ‘smokejumpers’ parachute in
This story appears in the May 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... including the one in Alaska. Today roughly 450 active smokejumpers are dispatched to wildland fires from these bases.
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Meet the bowhead whale hunters of northern Alaska
This story appears in the December 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. On the North Slope of Alaska, the culture of the Inupiat centers on whales. Each spring, men and women spend weeks on ...
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National Geographic, Lindblad Expeditions Launching 69-Day Cruise
National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions is launching its longest cruise ever, a 69-day exploration of Greenland, Japan and ...