An Alaskan deer hunter was mauled and bitten on the head by a brown bear Sunday during a blacktail hunt on Admiralty Island. Amanda Compton, 44, walked away from the attack with a small piece of the ...
On 25 December 1943: Yamato was under attack while on a convoy mission to reinforce Japanese garrisons in New Guinea and the Admiralty Islands. Off Truk to the north, the U.S. submarine Skate ...
Today, Angoon remains a quaint village of about 420 people, with colorful old homes and totem poles clustered on the west side of Admiralty Island, accessible by ferry or float plane, in the ...
In the fighting for Momote airfield in the Admiralty Islands six months ago a U.S. soldier picked up a Jap pistol. Then the profit system went to work: ¶ The G.I. traded the pistol to an officer ...
A muskeg on Admiralty Island where Amanda Compton was mauled by a bear protecting its cub. (Photo provided by Nicholas Orr) Note to readers: This story contains graphic images of an injury.
A sow brown bear walks with two cubs through the forest at Pack Creek on Admiralty Island in Southeast Alaska on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. (Nat Herz/Alaska Public Media) Two Juneau residents ...
Shells fell on the Alaska Native village as winter approached, and then sailors landed and burned what was left of homes, food caches and canoes. Conditions grew so dire in the following months ...
U.S. planes destroy Japanese bases at Rabaul, on New Britain, and Truk, in the Caroline Islands. March: MacArthur's forces take the Admiralty Islands. April: MacArthur's forces take Hollandia in ...
Today, explore Admiralty Island National Monument, home to the highest density of brown bears in North America. Wildlife activity abounds on this rugged island in the Inside Passage. Members of ...
In preparation for its six-year Moananuiakea Voyage to circumnavigate the Pacific, launching in May, the Polynesian Voyaging Society has begun the process of training its next generation of ...
Want to hire a car for almost a month? Often, car rental companies in Admiralty Islands avoid costly admin in between pick-ups by hiring out cars for longer periods. So see if monthly car hire is ...
U.S. planes destroy Japanese bases at Rabaul, on New Britain, and Truk, in the Caroline Islands. March: MacArthur's forces take the Admiralty Islands. April: MacArthur's forces take Hollandia in ...