• Map: Cellphone coverage is a rare gift in Alaska’s backcountry, so don’t plan on relying on your cell service to download maps on the trail. Even busier trails in the city can be out of range.

A rough map released by a pro-Kremlin blogger on Sunday purported to show how a formation of Russian and Chinese nuclear-capable bombers circled the U.S. coast off Alaska last week.

Seven Ways to Explore Alaska’s Endangered Glacial World With the state’s glaciers retreating at alarming rates, there is no time like now to trek, climb, paddle and fly to see them.