The tale of how and why Russia ceded its control over Alaska to the US 150 years ago is actually 2 tales and 2 intertwining histories.

The prevailing narrative of the Alaska purchase, pushed in history textbooks for decades, doesn’t reflect public opinion at the time more than 150 years ago.

Russia had decided to sell Alaska, but the question was: how would America buy it? At the time, most Americans couldn’t imagine what they would do with such a cold, icy region.

William Seward was Lincoln ... Military Commander C.H. Wilkes created a map in 1841 which described the potential boundaries of a new Oregon Territory. Expansion of this territory was limited by Russia to the north and Spain to the south.

America’s 20th and 19th century expansionists would have been delighted by the president-elect’s proposed land grab.

Greenland is covered by the world's second-largest ice sheet, beaten only by Antarctica. Under this vast expanse of ice lies a hidden world of colossal canyons, prehistoric plant remnants, and even traces of human activity. In northwestern Greenland, the buried ruins of a US military research base remain concealed beneath the frozen surface.

President Trump has recently expressed a desire to expand American territory to include Greenland, the Panama Canal, and even all of Canada, and said he cannot rule out using military force. This would make the United States the largest country in the world,

As far back as 1868, the year after he orchestrated the purchase of Alaska from Russia, secretary of state William H. Seward commissioned a study into the resources of Greenland and Iceland ...

In 1867, after buying Alaska from Russia, US Secretary of State William H Seward led negotiations to buy Greenland from Denmark, but failed to reach any agreement. In 1946, the US offered to pay $ ...

For 1867, afta dem buy Alaska from Russia, US Secretary of State William H Seward laed negotiations to buy Greenland from Denmark, but e fail to reach any agreement. For 1946, US bin offer to pay ...

As Donald Trump makes his return to the White House, he is poised to shatter long-held taboos, particularly those surrounding territorial expansion.

As climate change accelerates Arctic ice melt, opening up new shipping routes and resource extraction opportunities, Greenland's geopolitical value has soared In August 2019, then US president Donald Trump made headlines with his surprising proposal to buy Greenland from Denmark.