Ice-clogged seas eight to 10 months every year. An ancient, indigenous people living on Alaska's North Slope who hunt local Bowhead whale. Marine mammals, deep-sea coral and Greenpeace. The Arctic ...

WASHINGTON - The Interior Department said Friday it approved Shell Oil Co.'s plan to respond to potential oil spills in the Chukchi Sea, bringing the company closer to drilling off the northern coast ...

The very first tally of the Chukchi Sea polar bears has just been published, and here’s the big takeaway: Despite a decline in their sea ice habitat, for now the bears are doing well. In a study ...

A polar bear walks on ice after pulling iself out of the Chukchi Sea on June 14, 2014. Even though the Chukchi Sea polar bear population has fared better than others in the rapidly warming Arctic ...

There is danger lurking on the floor of the Bering and Chukchi seas for mussels, snails, clams, worms and other cold-water invertebrates, according to a new study led by National Oceanic and ...

When Russian colonists encountered the Chukchi people, they met face to face with fierce warriors, who kept the neighboring tribes living in fear. And it’s not like the natives were planning on ...

This article originally appeared at KNOM.org and is republished here with permission. Through the weekend of Nov. 13, ice extent in the Chukchi Sea was well above the month’s average of the last 30 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russian and Chinese military aircrafts carry out joint air patrols over the waters of the Chukchi and Bering Seas as well as the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The first formal count of polar bears in waters between the United States and Russia indicates they’re doing better than some of their cousins elsewhere. Polar bears are listed as ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The U.S. research vessel Sikuliaq can break through ice as thick as 2.5 feet. In the Chukchi Sea northwest of Alaska this month, which should be brimming with floes, its limits ...