Early sighting of snow this year.

Winter is near, but, it is unusually nice outside these days.

Rapid growth of white spruce over the past three summers observed.

The polar bear is a powerful symbol of the effects of climate change in the Arctic.  Here in New England, our symbol may soon be the sugar maple tree. 

11-13-14 Unseasonable warm - Unalakleet, Alaska, USA

11-30-13 Delayed winter - Nondalton, Alaska, USA

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.

11-1-13 Boats still on the river - Koyukuk, Alaska, USA

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

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

11-27-12 Still no snow or Yukon ice - Fort Yukon, Alaska, USA

Aleknagik, November 26, 2012 (ice) Our lake froze weird again this year.

Half of what we usually have this time of year.

Despite the time of year, there is still no snow on the Seward Peninsula.

Late snow seasonal snow fall