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Roald Amundsen crosses the north pole in an airship – archive, 1926

The polar explorer, along with designer and pilot Umberto Nobile, make what is considered the first successful journey of any kind to the pole

The Guardian - UK

What to know: Downtown Anchorage braces for a canine takeover as the Iditarod’s 54th run begins

The Iditarod returns to Anchorage as hundreds of dogs and their mushers line up for the race’s ceremonial start

The Independent UK

Plane crash which killed 10 in Alaska was half a ton overweight, investigation finds

The National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report

The Independent UK

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US investigators say Alaska plane was overweight for icy conditions in crash that killed 10

The National Transportation Safety Board says a commuter plane that crashed on sea ice off Alaska and killed all 10 people on board was half a ton overweight for the known or possible weather conditions in the area

The Independent UK

Ten Bodies Recovered After Fatal Bering Sea Plane Crash

Tragic Bering Air plane crash in Alaska results in recovery of all 10 victims, prompting an investigation into the cause.

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Everything We Know About the 10 People Who Died in the Alaska Plane Crash

All 10 passengers aboard the train that went missing on Thursday have been identified, according to a Facebook update from the local volunteer fire department.

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Here's what we know about a commuter plane crash in Alaska that killed 10 people

Authorities are working to recover the wreckage of a plane crash in western Alaska that killed 10 people while investigators are trying to determine what caused the small commuter aircraft to go down in the icy Bering Sea

The Independent UK

Wreckage of Missing Alaska Plane Found On Sea Ice, Crews Rush to Recover Bodies

All 10 people aboard the Air Bering flight that vanished from radar Thursday while flying to Nome are dead

Latin Times

Crews rush to recover plane crash on Alaska sea ice before snow hits

Just hours after finding 10 people dead in western Alaska from one of the deadliest plane crashes in the state in 25 years, authorities are racing to recover their remains and the wreckage of the small commuter plane from unstable sea ice before expected high winds and snow

The Independent UK

Alaska missing plane: What happened to the vanished Bering air flight near Nome

Rescue crews are in a race against time to find survivors aboard the Bering Air Flight 445 and are working in ‘zero visibility conditions’

The Independent UK

Flight Map Reveals Last Known Location Of Missing Alaska Plane As Desperate Search Continues

The Bering Air flight carrying 10 people went down Thursday afternoon over Norton Sound.

International Business Times

Rescuers Search For Missing Plane In Alaska's Norton Sound

Rescuers search for a missing plane in Alaska's Norton Sound involving 10 people. Aviation incident near Nome.

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Plane vanishes over Alaska as desperate search launched - map shows last known location

Bering Air Caravan carrying 10 people vanished over Alaska in third major incident in US aviation in eight days

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The Independent UK

Crews search for missing Alaska plane with 10 onboard

Authorities are searching rural Alaska for an aircraft that went missing while carrying 10 people

Al Jazeera

The Alaskan hero dogs who prevented a diphtheria epidemic in 1925

One hundred years ago an outbreak of the deadly disease in the Alaskan outpost of Nome caught the world’s attention.

The Independent UK

An Alaskan town has a dark history of missing persons. A podcast host is picking up where authorities left off

Joseph Balderas, 36, was last seen on June 24, 2016, in Nome, Alaska. Four years later, on August 31, 2020, Florence Okpealuk, 33, vanished from the same town. Podcast host Payne Lindsey traveled to the edge of the Arctic circle to find out more for a new season of Up…

The Independent UK

Cruising to Nome: The first U.S. deep water port for the Arctic to host cruise ships, military

Climate change is opening up the Arctic, and a $600 million-plus expansion will make Nome on Alaska's western coast the nation’s first deep-water Arctic port

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‘At least 10% of the human genome is unchanged across mammal species’

a new genetic project called zoonomia has started comparing the genetic blueprints of an array of animals and its link to humans

Reuters

A good dog with great genes - 1920s Alaska sled-relay hero Balto

In 1925, a handsome male sled dog named Balto led a 13-dog team that braved blizzard conditions during the grueling final 53-mile (85-km) leg of a 674-mile (1,088-km) dogsled relay, bringing lifesaving medicine to the Alaskan city of Nome during a diphtheria outbreak.

Reuters

Ambitious genome project shows how humans fit with other mammals

Scientists on Thursday unveiled the results of a project comparing the genomes of 240 mammal species - from aardvarks and aye-ayes to zebus and zebras, as well as people - to trace evolutionary changes spanning 100 million years, pinpointing genetic traits widely shared and those more uniquely human.

Inverse

Was Balto Part Wolf? DNA Analysis Reveals New Details About the Heroic Dog

Balto, the heroic sled dog from 1925, had his genome sequenced, revealing that he was intermediate between wolves and modern domesticated dogs.

The Independent UK

660-mile rescue flight highlights Alaska's unique challenges

The Alaska Air National Guard this week traveled nearly 660 miles to rescue a pregnant woman on a small island 2 miles from Russia

WEKU

The smallest field ever of competing sled dog teams takes off in the Iditarod race

The race to Nome began Sunday for 33 mushers in this year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska. Competitors will travel travel nearly 1,000 miles and the winner is expected to take about 10 days.

The Independent UK

33 Iditarod sled dog race mushers to trek across Alaska

The race to Nome has 33 mushers - its smallest field ever - in this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska

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