The Alaska Triangle is an area between Utqiagvik, Anchorage, and Juneau. This vast region of unforgiving terrain in Alaska has a long history of unexplained disappearances dating back to before 1988.

In that vein, here is one of the humblest firsts in Alaska history, the first airplane. After months of secrecy, news broke on March 23, 1911. Henry Peterson, a music teacher in early Nome, was ...

From January 27, 1925–February 2, 20 mushers and 150 dogs heroically transported desperately needed diphtheria antitoxin to the remote town of Nome, Alaska.

Now, the plane flying 10 people to Nome, Alaska has disappeared during a winter storm. ... mysterious history of missing persons Friday 7 February 2025 12:30, James Liddell.

Joseph Balderas, 36, was last seen on June 24, 2016, in Nome, Alaska. Four years later, on August 31, 2020, Florence Okpealuk, 33, vanished from the same town. Podcast host Payne Lindsey traveled ...

Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of this story. “I came to Nome in the late spring of 1900, a New York stenographer ...

Alaska Department of Public Safety, in a news release 2:30 p.m. local time Saturday, said all the bodies have been recovered and taken to Nome where they were identified by Alaska State Troopers.

Alaska missing plane: What happened to the vanished Bering air flight near Nome. Rescue crews are in a race against time to find survivors aboard the Bering Air Flight 445 and are working in ...

Although the phrase "based on a true story" should be taken with a pinch of salt, The Fourth Kind looked believable, despite ...

Nome, western Alaska’s largest community, had about 1,400 residents a century ago. Its most recent supply ship had arrived the previous fall, before the Bering Sea froze, without any doses of ...

Holmes crossed the finish line in Nome, Alaska, with a winning time of 10 days, 14 hours, 55 minutes and 41 seconds – the longest winning time since Jeff King in 1993 (10d, 15h, 38m, 15s).

View of Nome, Alaska, in 1916 Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Alerted by Welch, public health officials devised a plan to send additional antitoxin by rail from Seward to Nenana , located 674 ...