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The international date line is an imaginary line that runs north-south across the Pacific Ocean from the North Pole to the South Pole.
Near the top of the globe, the date line veers east to get all of Siberia on board with the rest of Russia. It then swings far west to lasso in the Aleutian Islands, so they can to be on the same ...
A mysterious “noodly line” has been discovered rising from the seafloor off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, like a giant finger reaching toward the surface, according to NOAA Ocean Exploration.
Remote, freezing, and nearly forgotten—the Aleutian Islands saw the only ground battle on U.S. soil in WWII. What happened on Attu and Kiska was anything but typical.
The U.S. Coast Guard cutter was on routine patrol when it spotted the Russian ship in international waters near Alaska's Aleutian Islands.
AMCHITKA ISLAND, Alaska (AP) — A series of moderate to strong earthquakes that struck Alaska's western Aleutian Islands and offshore areas Sunday comprised what scientists call a “swarm," but ...
The islands extend so far west that the international date line makes a big loop to keep Alaska from sprawling across today and tomorrow at the same time. [Aleutian seabirds are showing the ...
The Chinese ships were in international waters but within the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone, which stretches 200 nautical miles from the U.S. shoreline.