Jan 18, 2001 · They chose Amchitka Island, vacated by Native people more than 100 years earlier and used as a military base in World War II. In 1965, the Department of Defense drilled …

They chose vacant Amchitka Island, about 1,400 miles west of Anchorage. In 1965, the Department of Defense drilled a deep hole in the island and set off an 80-kiloton nuclear blast. …

Sep 27, 2019 · Amchitka Island in the central Aleutians was the site of three underground nuclear blasts in 1965, 1969 and 1971. Alaska biologists convinced officials with the Atomic Energy …

News of the war in the Falkland Islands must surely bring back memories to veterans of the struggle for the Aleutians in World War II.

May 12, 2005 · Now a senior biologist with the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge in Homer, Byrd in 1972 noticed round green spots on the island where fertilizer had leaked from bags. …

Oct 30, 2020 · They also found mercury levels in Pacific cod and arrowtooth flounder were much higher in the western Aleutians than the same fish sampled in the central Aleutians, around …

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Jul 8, 2004 · Jones, then manager of the Aleutian Islands National Wildlife Refuge, began trapping and killing foxes on Aleutian islands, starting with Amchitka. The staff of the Alaska …

Jan 7, 2021 · Winds on the island registered more than 80 miles per hour. A buoy in the ocean south of Amchitka Island — farther east than Shemya in the middle of the Aleutian chain — …

Feb 27, 2025 · Sea otters have had a rough time since Vitus Bering’s journey to Alaska: They were hunted almost to extinction in the 1700s and 1800s, made a comeback in the 1900s, …