The state of Alaska and Alaskans themselves have always had a clear record that they prefer to call North America’s tallest ...

This story appears in the April 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. The archaeological site of Nunalleq on the southwest coast of Alaska preserves a fateful moment, frozen in time.

Wider eligibility for subsidies, faster processes for hiring caregivers and dual use of school spaces are among the ...

Alaska Native Language map. Source: Alaska Geographic Alliance. Click image for a larger view At the time of contact with Russian explorers in the mid-18th century, Alaska was occupied by ...

U.S. and Japanese forces fought over the Aleutian Islands during World War II. Relics of this conflict can still be found on seafloor today, and the Indigenous people who used to call the islands home ...

YRDSB teacher Joanna Thompson-Anselm has earned two prestigious accolades: The National Geographic Grosvenor Teacher ...

This is Whittier, Alaska, home to all 263 residents and the ... reshaping both its geography and infrastructure. Reaching Whittier is an adventure in itself. The Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel ...

He also pointed to factors like income, education and geography, which can make a big ... the lowest life expectancy — American Indian/Alaska Native and Black populations in non-metro and ...

Democratic former President Barack Obama in 2015 officially renamed the mountain as Denali, siding with the state of Alaska ...