It is found in high-latitude regions, such as the Arctic, Alaska, Siberia, and parts of Canada, and can contain large amounts of organic material, including plant and animal remains that have been ...

Mining is not new to the Arctic region. Alaska is home to the largest zinc mine in the world and Sweden to the largest iron ...

Alaska’s Arctic Ocean shores had been known to hold oil in some capacity since the 1800s. Native Alaskans would cut blocks of ...

Alaska on Wednesday sued the Biden administration over restrictions the federal government imposed in December on oil and gas leases in the Arctic set ... a statement. Two high bidders withdrew ...

(Photo by Kyle Joly/National Park Service) The Western Arctic Caribou Herd, once the biggest in Alaska, is faltering, having fallen from a high of 490,000 animals in 2003 to only 152,000 as of 2023.

And unlike many other quality news outlets ... no bids were submitted for this week's oil and gas lease sale in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — a sale the state has challenged ...

The snow-covered coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is seen, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, near Kaktovik, Alaska ... a total of $14.4 million in high bids on 11 tracts,” the agency ...