Sixty-one thousand reindeer starved to death in the northwestern reaches of the Russian tundra in November 2013 in the largest recorded mortality event of its kind.

11-4-13 Ice fishing hazardous - Golovin, Alaska, USA

10-24-13 Warm weather delays subsistence - Shaktoolik, Alaska, USA

10-17-13 No ice fishing yet - Shishmaref, Alaska, USA

10-15 13 Too wet for food preservation - Elim, Alaska, USA

This has been a great year for the mushrooms

On Monday, Anchorage reached the 70-degree threshold for a record 14th straight day, breaking 2004's record of 13.

The sea is our garden for food and other things.

Lack of sea ice affects seal hunting.

A snowmachiner was trapped on the quickly moving floe and he was rescued later by a helicopter.