WASHINGTON, July 26.—A Trans- Alaska-Siberian Railway Company has been organized, and a petition has been forwarded to Secretary Hitchcock for his approval of the route across Alaska.

The ambitious 13,000-kilometer high-speed rail line, dubbed the "China-Russia-Canada-America" line, connecting mainland China to the US via an underwater tunnel across the Bering Strait, may ...

He said it was clear that the US would continue to promote its interests in the Arctic. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Putin delivered his speech to a conference on the Arctic in Murmansk, a port from which the NSR runs eastward across the top of Russia to the Bering Strait near Alaska.

Putin delivered his speech to a conference on the Arctic in Murmansk, a port from which the NSR runs eastward across the top of Russia to the Bering Strait near Alaska.

Geopolitical rivalries are intensifying in the Arctic but Russia is willing to cooperate with foreign partners, including from the West, in economic ventures there that will benefit all sides ...

The Bering Strait. The Bering Strait ... Russia’s Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest single railway in the world, traveling 5,772 miles from Moscow to Vladivostok. The rail line crosses eight time ...

In reality, the expansion of the BAM – the legendary Baikal-Amur railway designed to secure and defend Eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East – is still dragging on. The vast territories of the ...

Considerations: Similar to the Bering Strait, the Northern Sea Route is mostly viable in summer and requires specialized ships for ice navigation. Its use is growing due to climate change, but it ...

Although there are no icebergs in the Bering Strait, ice floes up to 1.8 metres thick are in constant motion during certain seasons, which could produce forces on the order of 44 meganewtons ...

Ovation of the Seas in Alaska. MICHEL VERDURE/ROYAL CARIBBEAN. A cruise can also make an Alaska trip more affordable. Instead of taking a long and expensive flight to Anchorage or Fairbanks, you can ...