Alaska scientists are watching a massive volcanic eruption on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, and, so far, it does not appear to be sending ash to mainland parts of the state.

An earthquake measuring at 6.6 magnitude struck near the Aleutian archipelago off the west coast of the U.S. state of Alaska and east of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, seismologists say.

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The 140,000 square miles of the Kamchatka Peninsula might as well be the edge of the Earth. Jutting into the Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea, it’s covered with mountains that top 15,000 feet ...

By midday Thursday, 28 flights to, from and within Alaska were canceled. Some of the cancellations and delays have taken place for flights in and out of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

The summer snows on the Kamchatka Peninsula began to thaw last week just as the world press turned its spotlight on this oft-forgotten corner of Siberia. After the Russian news agency ITAR-Tass ...

Zahab, an Explorer-in-Residence of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and fellow ultrarunner Gregoretti set off on their Trans-Kamchatka Expedition in early February. Both are seasoned ...

IRKUTSK, August 11. /TASS/. The Baikal-Alaska historical-geographical expedition, repeating the route of Siberian merchants, made a stop at Kamchatka, and in 2018 it will continue the extreme trip ...