1-9-15 Record high temperatures - Bethel, Alaska, USA

A rare winter robin has been spotted in Bethel and it has folks wondering what exactly it means. Locals and a biologist say they think it has to do with climate change.

By this time of the year, we usually have 2-3 miles of shore-fast ice that sticks to our beach. We as a village have not done our winter harvest of seals and walrus, and we are worried that we will not be able to bowhead whale hunt.

2-25-14 Seasonal change - Nightmute, Alalska, USA

Copper River largely open.

1-3-14 Where is the snow - Solomon, Alaska, USA

Folks here are famous for being able to handle the cold, but anything wet in December has always made us nervous. Especially wet falling from the sky. Lately, weather, our favorite nemesis, has broken the rules. Our confidence in the most-trustworthy feature of the Arctic -- winter -- has been wounded.

Lack of sea ice affects seal hunting.

Late freeze-up of sea ice along the shoreline