The tale of how and why Russia ceded its control over Alaska to the US 150 years ago is actually 2 tales and 2 intertwining ...

The prevailing narrative of the Alaska purchase, pushed in history textbooks for decades, doesn’t reflect public opinion at the time more than 150 years ago.

Russia had decided to sell Alaska, but the question was: how would America buy it? At the time, most Americans couldn’t ...

Greenland is not an island; it is a mirror — a reflection of the most pressing issues of our time: power, resources, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Talk of a takeover of Greenland may seem fanciful. But it wouldn’t be the first ...

Travel Guide to Alaska highlights the state's natural beauty, wildlife, Indigenous culture, and vast wilderness, popular for ...

America’s 20th and 19th century expansionists would have been delighted by the president-elect’s proposed land grab.

In 1946, the last time the United States tried to buy Greenland, Washington offered $100 million in gold bullion and a land swap that would have transferred ownership of Point Barrow in Alaska over to ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Donald Trump’s inflammatory remarks about his incoming administration’s desire to acquire Greenland “for national security ...

William Seward was Lincoln’s Secretary of State. Expansion of the U.S.A. was one of Seward’s goals. One example was the ...

As climate change accelerates Arctic ice melt, opening up new shipping routes and resource extraction opportunities, ...