From the Reconstruction era to the Cold War, multiple administrations have tried (and failed) to acquire the Arctic island.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Helena Pagano’s great-grandfather was the last Alaska Native chief of a remote island in the Bering Sea, closer to Russia than North America. He died starving as a prisoner of ...

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The U.S. bought Alaska from Russia in 1867. To mark the 150th anniversary of the ... on the return journey led to a shipwreck on one of the westernmost Aleutian Islands and his eventual death from ...

In 1867, the US purchased Alaska from Russia for just USD 7.2 million! But did you know this wasn’t just a simple deal? It’s a story of politics, power struggles, and a nation’s ambitions.

The island is part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. In August, Pagano made her first trip to Attu, on a ship operated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which manages the refuge.

The U.S. bought Alaska from Russia in 1867. To mark the 150th anniversary ... led to a shipwreck on one of the westernmost Aleutian Islands and his eventual death from scurvy in December 1741 ...