Every year, millions of seabirds nest on the rocky coasts of Chukotka (like here on Kolyuchin Island). Guillemots and puffins, gulls and numerous other species have found rich feeding and undisturbed breeding grounds in the region. But the idyll is deceptive: the...
Walrus ivory from the gallery in Anchorage. The owner was convicted of illegally trafficking walrus ivory and failing to report income to the IRS on August 11, 2021. (Photo: U.S. Attorney’s Office) The owner of an antique shop in Anchorage was sentenced Aug. 11...
Garbage collected on the beaches of the Bering Sea in Alaska. (Austin Ahmasuk) Garbage drifting from Asia to Alaska’s beaches is nothing new. But this year, there is a mysterious and disturbing tide that is piling up along the coasts of the Bering Strait...
Crab fisherman in Chukotka, the Russian side of the Bering Strait. In the future, there will be restrictions to the Russian favourite activity: ice fishing. (Foto: Heiner Kubny) The ice cover of the Bering Sea has reached new lows in the winters of 2018 and 2019,...
