The helicopter that crashed on the North Slope on Wednesday received a special weather clearance before taking off, federal officials say. The pilot and sole passenger were killed in the crash, which ...

Nome is just south of the Arctic Circle ... The Alaska plane’s crash marks the third major U.S. aviation mishap in eight days. A commercial jetliner and an Army helicopter collided near ...

The wreckage was found Friday by rescuers who were searching by helicopter ... Arctic Circle and is known as the ending point of the 1,000-mile (1,610-kilometer) Iditarod. The cause of the crash ...