Very strong south winds took out all the sea ice and created an ice pile in front of the village.
The state rail company VR has said that it will substitute buses on some of the cancelled rail trips.
'This year especially there's been lots of reports of thin ice and open water in places where there hasn't been in previous years,' said James Connor of the Klondike Snowmobile Association.
Weather had been pouring rain and 45-degree temps for several days leading up to the sighting.
For safety dogs and mushers will be trucked from Braeburn to Carmacks.
The incident appears similar to an oil and gas release in 2017 blamed on thawing permafrost and hot production fluids.
Urgent measures underway to evacuate residents of remote villages after flood threat caused by rising water above new ‘dam’.
One ecologist wonders, for the yellow cedar forests and the people who care about them, what comes after climate change and environmental loss in Southeast Alaska?
An Amherstburg couple has been dealing with shoreline erosion along their waterfront property, and they've invested thousands of dollars in an effort to protect it.
Late freeze on the Lower Kuskokwim produced ice conditions unsafe for travel in November.
Drivers need to stick to marked trails on the Lower Kuskokwim River, according to the latest update from Bethel Search and Rescue’s Earl Samuelson. There is a spot in front of Oscarville that has only 9 inches of ice, which Samuelson says is too thin to drive a truck on.
People in Longyearbyen have replaced parkas with a shell jacket. They must calculate with rainfall in January and February. Both snowmobiles and dogs must be parked. People are annoyed and disappointed. Others are very concerned.
Hundreds of people have combed the terrain near Big Lake, but there’s still no sign of LaVerne and Van Pettigen.
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Last week, social media across Western Alaska lit up as residents posted photos and videos of open water where, normally, there's ice.
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