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Japanese tsunami bike lands in Canada
Thursday 03 May 2012
A Harley-Davidson motorcycle lost in last year's tsunami has washed up on a Canadian island about 4,000 miles away.
Tsunami debris washes ashore on beach in Alaska
Monday 23 April 2012
Two sports balls that have been found washed up on a beach in a remote island off the US west coast earlier this month may be the first pieces of debris to arrive in Alaska after they were displaced by last year's devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
US federal scientists identify first pieces of Japanese tsunami debris to reach Alaska
Sunday 22 April 2012
US federal scientists said that a volleyball and football that washed ashore on an island may be the first pieces of debris to arrive in Alaska from last year's tsunami in Japan.
Paul Guest: Climber who was first to conquer the great Changuch peak
Tuesday 10 April 2012
In the Cordillera Real range in Bolivia he came down some slopes by bicycle
Video: US Coast Guard sinks Japanese tsunami 'ghost ship'
Friday 06 April 2012
It was cast adrift last year by the Japanese tsunami and has since made a long lonely journey across the Pacific, but today the Japanese ghost ship ‘Ryou-Un Maru’ finally rests in a watery grave after being unceremoniously sunk by the US coastguard.
'Abusive, sick, unfair...' No, not Palin, but the new movie about her
Friday 24 February 2012
A screen portrayal has hit a raw nerve with America's right. Is it too close to the truth?
One Minute With: Eowyn Ivey, novelist
Friday 10 February 2012
Where are you now and what can you see?
BP on trial over 'broken promises' that led to second oil spill in Alaska
Thursday 01 December 2011
BP could be forced to pay higher penalties over the 2006 Prudhoe Bay oil spill, the worst onshore pipeline leak in Alaska's history, depending on the outcome of a trial under way in Anchorage.
Polar bear shot dead by BP guard in Alaska
Saturday 27 August 2011
British Petroleum has again drawn the ire of environmentalists after a security guard at one of its Alaskan oil fields shot dead a polar bear, an animal listed as threatened with extinction.
'I am reborn. This is my dawn': The remarkable life and lonely death of Christopher McCandless
Sunday 21 August 2011
The Oscar-nominated 'Into the Wild' revealed to the world the tragic irony of Christopher McCandless's final days - trapped by the wilderness he adored. Now, a new book of his personal notes and photos collated by his family offers an intimate picture of the adventurer's love for America's backcountry - and desperation as he saw his end approaching
Orange goo in Alaska was fungal spores, not tiny eggs
Saturday 20 August 2011
An orange-coloured goo that streaked the shore of a remote Alaska village turned out to be fungal spores, not millions of microscopic eggs as indicated by a preliminary analysis.
Mysterious Alaskan 'goo' identified as fat-filled eggs
Wednesday 10 August 2011
A strange, orange-coloured goo that appeared on the shores of a remote Alaskan village last week has been identified as millions of microscopic eggs.
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