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Alaska Native corporation seeking OK to build winter roads in Arctic refuge coastal plain

The Kaktovik Iñupiat Corp. says a seasonal ice and snow road link is needed to reduce costs and improve life in the isolated ...
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I drove on Alaska's most treacherous ice road to the Yukon River

After ice fishing, I begin the challenging 3-hour drive north on the treacherous, icy Dalton Highway. My van's studded tires ...
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I drove on Alaska's ice road in a windstorm | This is what -24°F feels like

Leaving my frozen campsite in Denali, I drive towards Chena Hot Springs on a treacherous, mirror-smooth ice road. The wind howls, pushing the van sideways as I climb through a frozen valley. I stop in ...
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Climate change is straining Alaska's Arctic. A new mining road may push the region past the brink

AMBLER, Alaska (AP) — Ice blocks drift past Tristen Pattee’s boat as he scans the banks of Northwest Alaska’s Kobuk River for caribou. His great uncle Ernest steadies a rifle on his lap. It’s the last ...
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Climate change is straining Alaska’s Arctic. A new mining road may push the region past the brink

AMBLER, Alaska (AP) — Ice blocks drift past Tristen Pattee’s boat as he scans the banks of Northwest Alaska’s Kobuk River for caribou. His great uncle Ernest steadies a rifle on his lap. It’s the last ...