For the past month we have honored our American Olympic athletes in Rio. Emotions have run high, low, and in between. There is great respect for athletes from all over the world who have earned ...

The icebreaking tanker SS Manhattan was an oil company's attempt to see if it might be profitable to move new Alaska oil to the East Coast by plowing through the ice-clogged Northwest Passage.

On July 15, 1936 more than 300 members of the U.S. Olympic team boarded the SS Manhattan to travel to the Olympic Games in Berlin. The boat also carried precious cargo: the boys from Washington's ...