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<![CDATA[io9: Alaska]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Alaska]]> http://io9.com/tag/alaska http://io9.com/tag/alaska <![CDATA[Beautiful (but inaccurate) 18th Century French map depicts Alaska like you've never seen it]]>

Click here to read Beautiful (but inaccurate) 18th Century French map depicts Alaska like you've never seen it

If you're looking for the outline of the Alaska you know and love, you might as well give up now. This bizarre map, which appeared in the third volume of Diderot's Encyclopédie, dates all the way back to 1772 — and it's a total hodgepodge of misinformation. More »
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Click here to read What was a bronze buckle from East Asia doing in 11th century Alaska?

Archaeologists have discovered a bronze artifact in ancient Eskimo settlement...which is pretty surprising, considering ancient Alaska never actually went through the Bronze Age. This artifact was likely cast long ago in Asia before making its long, mysterious journey Northward. More »
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Click here to read Volcanoes in Alaska Are "Hopping," Says Scientist

Witness the glory of one of the two massive volcanoes erupting today in Alaska. Here you can see a satellite's-eye-view of the plumes from Okmok Caldera, floating out between the clouds over the coast. Though Okmok has been erupting for several days, it was joined recently by Mount Cleveland, off the coast in the Aleutian Islands. More eruption below. More »
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