Coast Guard icebreaker to head north on rare wintertime Arctic mission
The Polar Star’s usual mission in the Antarctic was scuttled as the coronavirus pandemic prompted research to be cut back and restrictions put in place.
Settlement in deadly sinking of crab boat off Alaska calls for more than $9 million payout
The owners of the Scandies Rose have reached a settlement with two surviving crew and the families of four of five men who died when the Washington-managed boat went down on New Year’s Eve.
As Portland protests quieted, fatal shots rang out: Witnesses and videos offer details of Saturday shooting
Portland police are investigating Aaron J. Danielson’s death while Oregon State Police are assigned to the city to bolster law enforcement. Police have not officially identified a suspect.
Alaska salmon returning smaller amid climate change and competition with hatchery fish, study finds
The decline encompasses salmon runs all over the state but varies by species and region.
Crew of Alaska-bound fishing vessel worries after company rejects more COVID-19 screening
American Seafoods has been buffeted in the past two weeks by test results from crews of three other vessels unloading frozen fish in Bellingham, Washington.
Factory trawler returns to Seattle after 85 crew members test positive for COVID-19
The FV American Dynasty was scheduled to fish later in summer for pollock in the Bering Sea off Alaska.
As Alaska fishing season set to begin, fearful communities and seafood industry try to prevent spread of coronavirus
These are extraordinary times for Alaska’s seafood industry, which each year delivers more than half of the U.S. harvest from coastal and offshore waters.
With surgeries delayed, patients wait with anxiety — some in pain — as hospitals make way for coronavirus cases
The disruptions represent a huge but largely hidden toll of the pandemic, which has slashed services available to patients and inflicted a major economic blow on hospitals and health care workers.
Coast Guard board to investigate sinking of Scandies Rose crab boat on New Year’s Eve
The National Transportation Safety Board also is investigating the sinking.
Battling the waves to stay alive: A tale of survival from the Scandies Rose
John Lawler, one of two surviving Scandies Rose crew members, details what it took to survive a sinking that left him and Dean Gribble Jr. adrift in 20-foot seas for four hours.
As Alaska permafrost melts, roads sink, bridges tilt and greenhouse gases escape
Alaska’s Arctic landscape is under assault from a warming climate, and it’s happening a lot faster than anticipated.
Why are birds and seals starving in a Bering Sea full of fish?
The tally includes a nearly fivefold increase in ice-seal carcasses spotted on shore, along with strandings of emaciated gray whales.