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Precarious home  -  19 Aug 2007
Anchorage Daily News (subscription),King Island is a steep island in the Bering Sea -- 150 Inupiat (Ugiuvangmiut Eskimo) used to live in 40 houses on a 20-foot-wide rock slide with an

Second thoughts on Sam Nunn: Audio, outakes, and nuclear war  -  19 Aug 2007
Atlanta Journal Constitution,...for a missile fired from the Bering Sea to strike - “whether to use your nuclear weapons because you think you’re under attack by the United States?

Alaska editorial: Health care that works  -  19 Aug 2007
Juneau Empire (subscription),A map of the sites shows them strung out from Unalaska in the Aleutians to Hydaburg in Southeast, and from Savoonga on the Bering Sea to Fort Yukon in the

Scientists Hunt for Rare Right Whales  -  Aug 13, 2007
Houston Chronicle,The search for the slow-moving behemoths is being prompted by the search for a less rare but increasingly valuable commodity _ oil and gas in the Bering Sea

NOAA to lead survey of Bering Sea's right whale population  -  Aug 5, 2007
Alaskajournal.com,By Margaret Bauman Researchers from five nations are participating in a new survey of endangered North Pacific right whales in the Bering Sea.

Deep discovery  -  Aug 13, 2007
Khaleej Times,For one, they're a superstitious bunch, but then when you're dealing with the conditions at the Bering Sea and heavy crab pots, you want everything possible

Ben Stevens lands job on the sea  -  Aug 8, 2007
Anchorage Daily News (subscription),The job marks a return to a former seafaring life for Stevens, who for many years ran crab fishing boats in the Bering Sea.

Bering witness in a mini-sub  -  Aug 14, 2007
HULIQ,Greenpeace: Our good ship Esperanza is currently out in the Bering Sea, one of the world's wildest oceans. Situated between Alaska and Kamchatka at the

Ben Stevens returns to the sea  -  Aug 8, 2007
KTUU,For many years, Stevens ran crab fishing boats in the Bering Sea. Now, he's been hired as mate and relief skipper aboard a 121-foot tug and landing craft.

Fish shares, council seats and politics  -  Aug 15, 2007
Kodiak Daily Mirror,A successful Bering Sea fisherman in the early days, he loaded up on Trident stock when it was worth a small fraction of today’s value.

New research shows destruction caused by bottom trawling, says ...  -  Aug 13, 2007
Fish Update,A TEAM of the world's leading deep sea research scientists has joined Greenpeace on the 2007 Bering Sea Expedition to explore and document never before seen

Scientists say warm water may cause skinny whales  -  Jul 23, 2007
Houston Chronicle,As Arctic ice recedes, fat-rich crustaceans that flourished on the Bering Sea floor are becoming scarce. Skinny whales were first spotted this year in the

Scientists looking for rare Pacific right whales  -  Aug 13, 2007
KTUU,The search in the Bering Sea is being prompted by the search for a less rare but increasingly valuable commodity -- oil and gas.

Discovery, History Channel delve into adventure  -  Aug 3, 2007
Newsday,AP August 5, 2007 Few sane people want to visit a storm-tossed Bering Sea, the sizzling Sahara Desert and Canada's Northwest Territories in January.

'Deadliest Catch' captains, crew visit Dover casino  -  Aug 11, 2007
Delmarva Daily Times,By Tracy Sahler DOVER -- Phil Harris has been fishing since he was a boy, and catching Alaskan king crabs from the Bering Sea depths for more than three

Ballard's fishing history  -  Aug 6, 2007
Ballard News Tribune,A current popular Discovery Channel feature is "The Deadliest Catch," dealing with crab fishing in the Bering Sea. The program is essentially contemporary

A Giant 'Golfball' for Missile Defense  -  Aug 14, 2007
TIME...was originally supposed to be in service, the vessel was not fit for the open sea — and that much was obvious even in Hawaii, not the harsh Bering Sea.

A fish dinner that traveled 7700 miles  -  Aug 17, 2007
Seattle Times,The silver, bullet-headed steelhead of the Columbia River have been snared as far away as the Bering Sea. But they migrate north, not south.

Search for sub resumes  -  Aug 11, 2007
The Republican - MassLive.com,Sonar images of a tube-shaped structure were found 1500 miles west of Anchorage, Alaska, and half-a-mile beneath the Bering Sea's surface.

Salmon from Kodiak tops tuna at area Subways  -  Aug 4, 2007
Anchorage Daily News (subscription),But when it was capsized two years ago by a 60-foot rogue wave, the Ballad said goodbye to the Bering Sea. The 107-foot boat is now starring in a different

Arctic sea ice at 'lowest ever levels'  -  Aug 10, 2007
NEWS.com.au,In earlier low years, big drops in the level of sea ice were confined to specific areas, such as the North Atlantic, the Bering Sea, the Beaufort Sea,

$10 Million Fine In Alaska Freighter Grounding, NTSB At Issue  -  Aug 16, 2007
North Country Gazette,6, 2004, engine trouble left the Malaysian freighter Selendang Ayu adrift in an angry, stormy Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska.

Watch a commercial fishing operation up close from the deck of a ...  -  Aug 2, 2007
The Daily Astorian,..."A rogue wave turned over the Aleutian Ballad in the Bering Sea," Lethin explains. "After that happened, I decided to fix her up to be a tour boat.

Day 78: IAF RTW to reach India  -  Aug 18, 2007
Times of India,The expedition saw a lot of Indian firsts also, when Monga flew over the Bering Sea as he crossed from Russia into Alaska and then when he flew solo across

From 'Deadliest Catch' to tour guide  -  Jul 26, 2007
SitNews,But instead of steaming out to the Bering Sea, the boat will operate in calmer, protected waters near Ketchikan, Alaska. Aleutian Ballad owner Dave Lethin

Day 79: IAF RTW to reach India via Karachi today  -  Aug 17, 2007
Times of India,The expedition saw a lot of Indian firsts also, when Monga flew over the Bering Sea as he crossed from Russia into Alaska and then when he flew solo across

Russia hopes to win back the North Pole  -  Jul 26, 2007
Indian Muslims,It has not ratified the Maritime Boundary Agreement with the US on the Bering Sea. Signed in 1990 by then foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze,

Breaking News Chukchi, Beaufort drilling again blocked by 9th ...  -  Aug 15, 2007
Alaskajournal.com,The plan also stalls Shell from moving north with its 12 ships that are currently anchored in the Bering Sea. The court order filed by the Wilderness League

In Alaska, fishing industry drives marine conservation  -  Jul 24, 2007
Mongabay.comOne current project aims to reduce salmon bycatch among pollock fishermen in the Bering Sea. Another one works to cut halibut bycatch in the Gulf of Alaska

Gray whales winter amid Arctic ice  -  Jul 21, 2007
AlaskaReport,Over the past decade, the devices helped identify and pinpoint a tiny population of North Pacific right whales in the eastern Bering Sea, offering hope for

Canada to flex military muscles in Arctic  -  Aug 9, 2007
MSNBCRussia flexing its muscles by planting a titanium flag on the Arctic seabed and the US Coast Guard sending an icebreaker vessel toward the Bering Sea.

Article focuses on Stevens family  -  Aug 6, 2007
KTUU,In it, reporters Hal Bernton and Ralph Thomas write that Ben has returned to his roots spent as a crab fisherman on the Bering Sea, "Ben Stevens is back in

Guilty Plea Planned in Ship Breakup  -  Aug 14, 2007
Washington Post,Owners of a ship that broke up on an Aleutian Island, polluting the Bering Sea and killing thousands of seabirds, will plead guilty to two federal counts,

Ship owners plan guilty plea in grounding, breakup  -  Aug 14, 2007
KTUU,...of a ship that broke up on an Aleutian Island, polluting the Bering Sea and killing thousands of seabirds, will plead guilty to two federal counts.

The Oscar Dyson to survey endangered Pacific right whales  -  Aug 1, 2007
AlaskaReport,The first leg of the Bering Sea survey, on the Oscar Dyson, will last for two weeks, to be followed by a second two-week leg aboard a chartered fishing

Russian statement on the Arctic expedition  -  Aug 2, 2007
Ottawa Citizen (subscription),The Russian filing petition includes not only the Arctic but also the Bering Sea as well as the Sea of Okhotsk. Having examined our claim in 2002 the

Rosneft Establishes an Outpost in Russia's Northern "City of Angels"  -  Aug 14, 2007
Oil and Gas Industry Latest News,...here – the first ship to sail all the way along the Northern Sea Route from the White Sea to the Bering Sea in one summer without wintering en route.

Gator hunt draws 'Deadliest' captains to Sarasota  -  Jul 24, 2007
Sarasota Herald-Tribune,Billed as the "Bad Boys of the Bering Sea" by event sponsors William Davis and Eric Donaldson, the skippers will make appearances to help at-risk children

"Frozen Tide" Pits Sarah Reid Against Big Oil in Heart of Alaska's ...  -  Jul 30, 2007
Emediawire (press release),...in Alaska's Dutch Harbor, stumbling upon a scheme by Odin Energy to secretly exploit an untapped source of energy at the floor of the Bering Sea.

Russian Navy denies nuclear sub blast - 1  -  Jul 27, 2007
RIA Novosti,...with seven sailors onboard became entangled in a fishing net at a depth of about 190 meters (about 620 feet) in the Berezovaya Bay in the Bering Sea.

Polarization of the Rich North Pole  -  Aug 5, 2007
The Moscow Times,And US geologists have discovered that the Bering Sea land bridge is an extension of Alaska, supporting a US claim to everything east of the Urals.

Famed ÔDeadliest Catch' captain starts tour operation  -  Jul 29, 2007
Alaskajournal.com,Photo courtesy of Bering Sea Crab Fishermen's Tour “I thought “I want to show people what's under the water; if I could just do that,'� he said.

Alpha Global Expedition: Barrabas sails where no solo yachtsman ...  -  Jul 24, 2007
BYM News (press release),This stretch of water can be dangerous with fast currents running in both directions between the Chukchi Sea in the north and the Bering Sea to the south.

Russian crew begins its deep Arctic dive  -  Aug 2, 2007
Los Angeles Times,In 2005, a mini-submarine carrying seven crew members was rescued after becoming entangled in cables and fishing nets in the Bering Sea.

Russia ahead in Arctic 'gold rush'  -  Aug 1, 2007
BBC News,...the Russian parliament is refusing to ratify an agreement with the US over the Bering Sea and Denmark is claiming the North Pole itself.

Gray Whale Delights Santa Cruz Onlookers  -  Aug 1, 2007
KNBC.com,Biologists say the whale is about a month behind the rest of his pack in their migration to the Bering Sea, but they are not concerned.

Martin Cruz Smith's Arkady Renko series: A trail of clues to the ...  -  Aug 6, 2007
International Herald Tribune,...in "Polar Star" (1989), he has fled "rehabilitation" in a state psychiatric hospital for anonymity aboard a fishing trawler in the Bering Sea.

Iconic senator, Alaska politics under siege  -  Aug 5, 2007
Seattle Times,He worked his way up from cook to skipper in the Bering Sea crab harvest, the most dangerous fishery in America. He later launched a lucrative consulting

Russia commemorates crewmembers of sunken Kursk submarine  -  Aug 12, 2007
RIA Novosti,...seven submariners onboard became entangled in a fishing net at a depth of about 190 meters (about 620 feet) in the Berezovaya Bay in the Bering Sea.

World beater  -  Jul 22, 2007
Edmonton Sun,On June 1, 2004, he and a fellow Canadian biked north to Alaska, paddled across the Bering Sea, one of the most formidable stretches of water on earth,

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