Norton Sound, part of the Northern Bering Sea, is seen from the outskirts of Nome on Sept. 30, 2020. Record-low winter ice in 2018, followed by near-record low ice in 2019, shocked the Northern Bering ...

Over the past two summers, a pair of remote and treeless volcanic islands in the eastern Bering Sea broadcast signals of ...

Bering Sea snow crab, with two specimens seen in this undated photo, support an iconic Alaska seafood harvest, but a crash in population since 2018 triggered the first ever closure of the fishery in ...

President Joe Biden on Monday announced that he is withdrawing vast swaths of the coastal U.S. from future oil and gas drilling, including in and near Alaska’s Bering Sea, citing environmental and ...

Petty Officer 3rd Class Cameron Popeck, a boarding team coxswain for the USCGC Mellon (WHEC 717), approaches the fishing vessel Polar Star to deploy a boarding team to enforce laws and regulations ...

ALASKA, USA — Officials in Alaska announced Friday that a limited snow crabbing season in the Bering Sea will be allowed this year. The announcement comes after the crabbing season was canceled two ...

All 10 victims of the Alaska plane crash have been recovered from the Bering Sea. Crews are working to retrieve the wreckage as harsh weather threatens the site. Investigators are trying to determine ...

The Coast Guard commissioned its newest and sixth Arctic District Fast Response Cutter (FRC), Coast Guard Cutter Frederick Mann (WPC 1160), for official entry into its service fleet during a ceremony ...

A crew member featured on "Deadliest Catch" has died in what the captain called the "most tragic day" in the history of the crab boat. Todd Meadows, a crew member on the Aleutian Lady, died at the age ...

Deep sediment cores retrieved from the Bering Sea floor indicate that the region was ice-free all year and biological productivity was high during the last major warm period in Earth’s climate history ...

After a two-year hiatus forced by low stocks, the Bering Sea snow crab harvest is back on. The decision to reopen the harvest, announced on Oct. 4 by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, is based ...