Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the most Arctic of them all?
In 1976 the popular singer Gladys Knight made a little-known film called “Pipe Dreams,” set in Valdez during construction of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline.
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Author: Jeannette Lee Falsey, Alaska Dispatch News
Norwegians and Icelanders let Alaskans in on the secrets to economic prosperity
FAIRBANKS — A year and a half into Alaska’s recession, in which thousands of jobs have been lost statewide, Alaskans
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Finland’s foreign policy includes adorable Arctic emojis
FAIRBANKS — Searching for a cute, wry or funny way to text about the Arctic? The Finnish government is on
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Russia’s foreign minister visits Lend-Lease Monument in Fairbanks
FAIRBANKS — Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, visited a monument to cooperation between the United States and the former Soviet Union
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Alaska Native Tara Sweeney steps down as head of Arctic Economic Council
FAIRBANKS — The chairmanship of the Arctic Economic Council passed from the United States to Finland on Tuesday, with Tara
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Alaska’s Arctic policy adviser falls victim to fake news — in Russia
Craig Fleener, the Arctic policy adviser for Gov. Bill Walker, was at a conference in Russia at the end of
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Affordable, high-quality broadband remains elusive in rural Alaska
Rural Alaskans want the same thing as many other Americans — fast, affordable internet. But in the Bush, that’s just
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As an extravagant cruise ship comes to town, Nome confronts its future
NOME — Residents in this Western Alaska town awoke Sunday morning to the novel sight of the largest cruise ship that
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Alaska cultural tourism comes with challenges
Several times a week, Cecelia George dresses in the regalia of her Tlingit ancestors to play the coveted role of Raven
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