Wrangel Island in Russia welcomes only specialised ice-breaker expeditions in July and August. You’ll need specific permits ...

Wrangell was busy this year, in a variety of ways. From providing the nation’s Capitol Christmas Tree, to recreational milestones and federal aid.

10,000 years ago, on Wrangel Island, off the coast of Siberia, a unique population of mammoths began to emerge. Scientists published their findings in the journal "Cell," speculating how these ...

In Wrangell, the Dec. 26, 1869, bombardment was preceded by an Army Christmas party inside Fort Wrangel (the town was spelled ...

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The discovery of mammoth remains on Wrangel Island revealed the final stronghold of woolly mammoths, which survived here until approximately 4,000 years ago long after mainland populations went ...

Fort Wrangel — from where the shells and cannons were fired — was located where the post office is today. The Tlingit village was on and around Shakes Island. “This occurred where we walk ...

“And I felt that it was very important to bring it there personally.” The remains, a small fragment of a femur bone, were discovered in a cave near Alaska’s Wrangell Island during an expedition by the ...

The remains, a small fragment of a femur bone, were discovered in a cave near Alaska’s Wrangell Island during an expedition by the U.S. Forest Service and University of South Dakota in 2003.