NUUK, Greenland—The hulking warship that Denmark anchors in this icy fishing port is supposed to act as a reminder of the small Nordic country’s role in protecting the Arctic seas at the top ...
The Vital de Oliveira was a civilian ship, built in 1910 and outfitted as an auxiliary naval craft when Brazil entered World War II on the side of the Allies. It was transporting supplies ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome faced a bleak winter. It was hundreds of miles from anywhere, cut off by the frozen sea and unrelenting blizzards, and under siege from a ...