Tag: Alaska

  • How musk oxen have fought back in the Russian Arctic

    How musk oxen have fought back in the Russian Arctic

    Large and formidable musk oxen are some of the oldest animals on our planet. They came to Siberia and Eurasia 3.5 million years ago, having descended from the Himalayan mountains, and gradually moved further north of the continent. About 190,000 years ago, they crossed the Bering Isthmus into North America and settled in Alaska and…

  • The summer solstice has arrived

    The summer solstice has arrived

    In astronomical terms, summer begins Wednesday with the arrival of the summer solstice, which marks the longest day of the year for anyone north of the equator. This year, the summer solstice falls at exactly 10:57 a.m. EDT, when the sun is directly above the Tropic of Cancer. South of the equator, the same time…

  • What is the Richter scale and which areas are more prone to earthquakes?

    What is the Richter scale and which areas are more prone to earthquakes?

    Many people do not realize that the Richter scale is logarithmic in nature. This means that each integer increment on the Richter scale represents a tenfold increase in the earthquake’s amplitude, or the size of its seismic waves, so a magnitude 7 Richter earthquake is 10 times stronger than a magnitude 6. It’s worth noting…

  • Dalvik becomes Ennis

    Dalvik becomes Ennis

    In the blink of an eye, Dalvík had a dental clinic, tannery, mortuary, and weapons warehouse. Filming for True Detective will begin soon in the town, so Dalvík will become the town of Ennis. Christmas decorations are still hanging in part of the city, as the series will be set in Alaska during the holiday…

  • 5 Scandinavians who nobly served Russia

    5 Scandinavians who nobly served Russia

    Among the citizens of the Nordic countries who served Russia, the Danes stood out the most. Even a sea bordering Russia was named after one of them. 1. Cornelius Cruys Cornelius Cruys. Public domain At the end of the 17th century, Tsar Peter the Great began building a navy and began to extensively engage foreign…

  • Experience Minnesota’s Scandinavian culture with these events and tours

    Experience Minnesota’s Scandinavian culture with these events and tours

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  • Vatnsleysuströnd’s coast became Alaska for True Detective

    Vatnsleysuströnd’s coast became Alaska for True Detective

    In Vogar in Vatnsleysuströnd, a lot has happened in the last two days, as the filming of the American sensational series True Detective was shot there. Filming took a lot of preparation. Among other things, signs had to be posted warning of Alaska’s wildlife. According to Gunnar Axel Axelsson, the mayor of Vogar, a large…

  • Scientists have discovered a link between ocean acidification and rapidly melting arctic ice

    Scientists have discovered a link between ocean acidification and rapidly melting arctic ice

    The new study, published Thursday, Sept. 30, in Science, the flagship journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, is the first analysis of Arctic acidification that includes data spanning more than two decades from 1994 to 2020. . Scientists have predicted that by 2050 – if not earlier – the Arctic sea…

  • Research: Arctic lakes are disappearing in a surprising climate discovery

    Research: Arctic lakes are disappearing in a surprising climate discovery

    Webb’s research reveals that over the past 20 years, Arctic lakes have shrunk or dried up completely in the pan-Arctic region, which includes northern parts of Canada, Russia, Greenland, Scandinavia and Alaska. The findings offer clues as to why mass desiccation occurs and how the loss can be slowed. The lost lakes serve as cornerstones…

  • Biden to appoint Arctic ambassador to China Eyes Region

    Biden to appoint Arctic ambassador to China Eyes Region

    UPPSALA, SWEDEN – The Biden administration plans to name an ambassador-at-large for the Arctic amid growing awareness of the region’s potential strategic importance, which China is the latest major power to claim. It is not clear who the nominee will be, or when the nomination will be made, according to Politico. The nomination will be…

  • The FBI raid on Trump |  The radio correspondents Live 2022

    The FBI raid on Trump | The radio correspondents Live 2022

    During the FBI’s raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, they took with them a large number of classified documents that, according to the federal police, cannot be taken out of the White House. Trump is now being investigated for espionage crimes, among other things. Trump claims that he himself declassified the documents. What was…

  • Dams may be created to redirect the lava flow

    Dams may be created to redirect the lava flow

    As reported by RÚV, the Department of Civil Protection is likely to build dams to prevent lava flow onto Route 427. Suðurstrandavegur runs along the southern coast of the Reykjanes peninsula between the municipalities of Grindavík and Ölfus. The lava has not yet started to flow out of the Meradalur Valley, but scientists say it…

  • The US Senate approves NATO membership for Sweden, Finland

    The US Senate approves NATO membership for Sweden, Finland

    washington – The US Senate approved Sweden’s and Finland’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on Wednesday by a 95-1 vote, sending a strong bipartisan message of support for expanding the Western alliance against Russia. “The NATO vote is a very important vote – for American security around the world: Finland’s and Sweden’s membership…

  • The US Senate ratified Finland’s NATO application

    The US Senate ratified Finland’s NATO application

    The US Senate voted to admit Finland and Sweden to NATO by a vote of 95 to one in Wednesday’s session, with one senator voting “present” and three abstaining from the vote. Ratification requires that at least two-thirds of the Senate, or 67 senators, had to vote for it. "Welcoming Sweden and Finland to NATO…

  • A submarine telecommunications cable between Iceland and Japan

    A submarine telecommunications cable between Iceland and Japan

    The Alaska-based company is laying a giant submarine cable from Japan to Ireland that will connect directly to Iceland. This new technology will open up opportunities and markets for Icelandic data centers in East Asia. “The chance for us is that the cable will be in the same place in Ireland as our cable,” said…

  • The highest risk of developing severe COVID-19 is receiving the least number of monoclonal antibodies, says study

    The highest risk of developing severe COVID-19 is receiving the least number of monoclonal antibodies, says study

    The study was written by researchers at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. The analysis was published online in JAMA. “Monoclonal antibodies should first be obtained from patients at highest risk of dying from COVID-19, but vice versa – the healthiest patients were most likely to receive treatment. Unfortunately, our federal and state systems…

  • SAS among the safest airlines in the world

    SAS among the safest airlines in the world

    In good company Air New Zealand topped the list followed by Etihad Airways, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines and TAP Air Portugal, while SAS, Qantas, Alaska Airlines, EVA Air and Virgin Australia / Atlantic rounded out the top 10. “There’s very little between the top 20, they’re all standouts,” said AirlineRatings.com editor-in-chief Geoffrey Thomas. Meanwhile, AirlineRatings.com…

  • 3,000 flights canceled worldwide due to COVID-19 staffing issues: Reports

    3,000 flights canceled worldwide due to COVID-19 staffing issues: Reports

    To date, 4,604 flights have been delayed. About 500 flights are delayed in the United States, to the United States, or from there on Friday. United Airlines and Delta Air Lines also announced on Thursday that they had canceled hundreds of Christmas Eve flights. JetBlue has also canceled more than 50 flights. Alaska Airlines told…

  • Research suggests that melting glaciers are creating new salmon habitats

    Research suggests that melting glaciers are creating new salmon habitats

    But in a new study published in the journal Nature Communications, led by researchers at the University of Montana’s Flathead Lake Biological Station, the researchers found that warming trends could provide one silver fringe, if only for a moment: the retreat of glaciers in the Pacific Northwest. America could potentially produce more than 6,000 miles…

  • The Maritime Education Pact between the United Kingdom and Canada reflects a growing interest in the Arctic

    The Maritime Education Pact between the United Kingdom and Canada reflects a growing interest in the Arctic

    HALIFAX, CANADA – British sailors will begin training aboard Canadian icebreakers in a new agreement that reflects Britain’s growing interest in developing a more robust Arctic military capability. The UK is just the latest nation to focus new attention on the far north as climate change opens up the region to new opportunities for navigation…

  • Greenland’s first professor Robert Pedersen has died – 93 years old

    Greenland’s first professor Robert Pedersen has died – 93 years old

    Greenland’s first professor, Robert Pedersen, has died after a short illness. He turned 93 years old. The professor’s nephew Jakob Pedersen informs the Greenlandic media Sermitsiaq.AG on Saturday. – Robert Petersen exhaled while the first rays of the sun appeared. He turned 93, and he passed away after a week of illness, says Jakob Petersen…

  • Greenland’s first professor Robert Petersen has died – 93 years old

    Greenland’s first professor Robert Petersen has died – 93 years old

    Greenland’s first professor, Robert Petersen, has died after a short illness. He turned 93 years old. The professor’s nephew Jakob Petersen informs the Greenlandic media Sermitsiaq.AG on Saturday. – Robert Petersen exhaled while the first rays of the sun appeared. He turned 93, and he passed away after a week of illness, says Jakob Petersen…

  • The whole Earth shook after the Alaska earthquake

    The whole Earth shook after the Alaska earthquake

    An 8.2 magnitude earthquake shook Alaska this morning. It was the largest earthquake in more than half a century. Páll Einarsson, professor emeritus of geophysics, recalls that in 1964 the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America occurred, it was magnitude 9.2 and occurred on the same plate boundary. “Today’s quake is one of the…

  • More than 30 Irish embassies to mark Bloomsday 2021

    More than 30 Irish embassies to mark Bloomsday 2021

    More than 30 of Ireland’s embassies and consulates mark Bloomsday 2021 with various physical and virtual events in collaboration with local partners. “Based on Ireland’s innovations in digital diplomacy over the past year, our Bloomsday 2021 campaign is a global celebration of Joyce, as our diplomatic network mobilizes hundreds of different partnerships to provide inspiring…

  • Life at its peak one day in hospital in Anna Woltz’s book “Plaster”

    Life at its peak one day in hospital in Anna Woltz’s book “Plaster”

    Dutch children’s book author Anna Woltz has swung up like a comet in the author’s sky with her debut “Alaska”. Now her second book “Gypsum” is available in Swedish – luckily for Swedish readers, our reviewer thinks. “About how people need to be patched together, not just physically,” says Kulturnytt’s Viveca Bladh. The main character…

  • Hemp;  M faces opposition in China for refusing to buy Xinjiang cotton

    Hemp; M faces opposition in China for refusing to buy Xinjiang cotton

    Peking [China]March 25 (ANI): The Swedish multinational clothing retailer HM is facing a backlash in China for refusing to buy cotton production in Xinjiang, where the communist government is doing atrocities against Uighurs and other ethnic minorities; called “genocide” by several countries. Chinese mainland media reported that HM products were removed from all major Chinese…

  • Siberian forest fires contribute to record high carbon dioxide emissions

    Siberian forest fires contribute to record high carbon dioxide emissions

    This summer’s large fires in parts of the Arctic have caused record high carbon dioxide emissions, reports the European Commission’s climate monitoring service Copernicus. This summer, major forest fires have ravaged Russia. Millions of hectares of land have been destroyed there and between June and August it led to record-breaking emissions of carbon dioxide, 540…