Researchers from the University of Padua in Italy found a juniper at Utsjoki in Finnish Lapland, which they analyzed to be 1,647 years old by examining the annual rings. The paper is published in ...

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GIRDWOOD, Alaska (AP) — Authorities in Alaska said they would attempt Thursday to reach the site of an avalanche that trapped three skiers, who were believed to have died after being buried in snow.

By Natalia Weichsel A swarm of troops dressed in white and wearing snowshoes glide across a frozen valley. Suddenly they stop, form a line, kneel and pull out their rifles. Smoke fills the air from ...

A number of skiers who are believed to be dead following an avalanche near a ski resort in Alaska have Minnesota ties. Charlie Eppard, Jeremy Leif and David Linder were missing in the avalanche's ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Authorities have identified three men who died Tuesday after being buried by a massive avalanche during a guided heli-skiing trip in the Chugach Mountains near Girdwood.