This story appears in the December 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. All that the American West once was, Alaska still is. Abounding with natural marvels and largely untouched by human ...

The project, led by researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks ... research team to create maps with unprecedented detail showing the areas that various salmon species occupy while at ...

A view of the deck of a docked factory trawler, taken from above. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council, which manages federal fisheries off Alaska’s coast, wrapped up its February ...