...Atmospheric Administration in Seattle, who in July counted male adult fur seals in 14 rookeries on St. Paul and St. George islands. The Pribilofs - about 750 miles southwest of Anchorage in the Bering Sea - are home to about 70 percent of the world's...
...107-foot vessel Zenith with 16 crew and 125 tons of fish on board was disabled about 25 nautical miles southwest of St. George Island. The Coast Guard reported that seas were about 17 feet and winds were 40 knots. The Zenith was fishing for black...
...without having a clue about what's down there." Pribilof Canyon, 1,830 meters deep, starts 35 miles south of St. George Island. Zhemchug Canyon lies to the west. Researchers have wanted to visit the zone because it's thought to be one of...
...Conservation said responders have offloaded 10,605 gallons of diesel fuel from a 112-foot trawler aground on St. George Island. The Mar-Gun grounded March 5 on the north end of St. George, an island 750 miles west of Anchorage in the Bering...
ANCHORAGE - The Community Hall on St. George Island is Alaska's most endangered property. That's the determination of the Alaska Association for Historic Preservation. The organization...
...Sealaska Heritage Foundation, and helped develop the scholarship program there. Her maternal grandparents came from St. George Island in the Pribilofs. Along with other Aleut families, they were forcibly relocated in the early 1940s from the Aleutians...
...the couple are invited to the wedding and reception. The bride is the daughter of Alvin and Anna Merculief of St. George Island, Alaska. She is a student at the University of Alaska Southeast. The groom is the son of Robert and Bettelou Keaton...
...west-southwest of Anchorage. Tens of thousands of gallons of fuel oil has seeped into the tundra on St. Paul and St. George islands due to leaky fuel tanks and lines or from outright dumping. The landscape is home to tons of debris, including derelict...
...before 8 a.m. Monday when he became entangled in fishing gear. The accident occurred about 15 miles south of St. George Island. Coast Guard officials said Moran is from the Seattle-Tacoma area. They said Moran was not wearing a survival suit...
...Sealaska Heritage Foundation, and helped develop the scholarship program there. Her maternal grandparents came from St. George Island in the Pribilofs. Along with other Aleut families, they were forcibly relocated in the early 1940s from the Aleutians...
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