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...the Beaufort, broke away from its towing vessel on its way to a shipyard in Washington state and ran aground on an Alaska island.Both vessels will be repaired in Asia shipyards. Shell previously announced it would not resume drilling in 2013Krenz...
...and so much more - out to sea.About a year later, the buoy was found more than 3,000 miles away on a remote Alaska island, discovered by an avid beachcomber who, through sheer coincidence, was later able to find the owner, who had lost...
ANCHORAGE - The grounding of a petroleum drilling ship on a remote Alaska Island has refueled the debate about oil exploration in the U.S. Arctic Ocean, where critics for years have said the conditions are...
ANCHORAGE - A large floating drill rig that ran aground a week ago on a remote Alaska island arrived as planned Monday in the shelter of a Kodiak Island bay after being towed about 45 miles through swells as high as 15 feet...
ANCHORAGE - A day after Royal Dutch Shell PLC towed a damaged floating drill rig to shelter from a remote Alaska island, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced the department will perform an "expedited, high-level assessment" of the 2012 Arctic...
...ANCHORAGE - The united command overseeing the salvage of the Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill barge that ran aground on a remote Alaska island will release minimal information on the vessel until an assessment is completed, a spokeswoman said.Shell's drill...
...friends came along and we persuaded them to wear the Alaska jersey." The film will be shown in Homer on Feb. 28 at Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center, kicking off the Big Fat Bike Festival, March 1-3.Last weekend, Sarns was in Soldotna...
...Coast Guard to jointly investigate the New Year's Eve grounding of the Shell drill vessel Kulluk on a remote Gulf of Alaska Island, and a previous incident connected to Arctic offshore drilling operations in 2012.The coalition is made up of 46...
...Dutch Shell PLC drill barge says the vessel's damage poses no threat to its stability while it's anchored off an Alaska island.But spokesman Kevin Hardy said Wednesday he could not answer whether hull damage will make the Kulluk unsuitable...
...received the Alaska Historical Society's annual award for Contributions to Alaska History.The Japanese occupied two Alaska islands in World War II as part of a sprawling military action that included the pivotal Battle of Midway. A few Navy men...