Several communities in the Norton Sound are struggling with contaminated drinking water days after the significant September storm hit the region.
Around 60 ice seals have been reported dead across northern and western Alaska this month. The cause of the strandings and deaths is not known.
This walrus was found by a local fisherman and reported by LEO Network to the US Fish and Wildlife Walrus Hotline. The carcass is thought to be too old for necropsy or sample collection.
An unusual growth was found in a snow goose (Anser caerulescens) while it was being butchered. The growth may be related to a previous injury or illness that the bird healed from.
Frigid north winds blow down from the Arctic Ocean, freeze saltwater and push sea ice south. The ice normally prevents waves from forming and locks onto beaches, walling off villages. But not this year.
Northern Pike (Esox Lucius) caught with "pug head" jaw deformity, usually associated with cold water temperatures during incubation.
Commercial and Subsistence Harvest
Warm weather has made for unsafe traveling conditions, including a snowmachine race.
11-13-14 Unseasonable warm - Unalakleet, Alaska, USA
1-26-14 Ice disrupts subsistence - Unalakleet, Alaska, USA
Lack of sea ice affects seal hunting.
Sea ice conditions making it difficult for community to harvest seasonal fish.
Seal with hair loss observed in Bering Strait region
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