Iliamna Lake is not frozen, very unusual for midwinter conditions.

Canada and U.S. Coast Guard Monitoring Conditions

The lack of sea ice in Toksook Bay, has allowed for a uniquel sighting - a January beluga whale!

Glide Crack in Turnagain Pass

Poor ice quality on the Teedriinjik (Chandalar) River

Above normal temperatures in the Northwest Arctic region

Nome was hit by unseasonably warm temperatures and strong winds.

Delayed freeze-up on Lake Iliamna.

South winds blew out most of the sea ice. Going to be bad ice if it refreezes for spring hunt.

Warm weather has made for unsafe traveling conditions, including a snowmachine race.

The physical poetry of skiing well can make you feel like a spiritual being. It feels like meaning. That's why we teach our kids to ski. Not because we want

Weekend storm eroded the face of the sea wall.

More than two weeks after the area typically opens for snowmachiners, the pass remained closed Tuesday as lower elevations continued to see below-average snow levels.

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.

By mid century, past Olympic venues like Squaw Valley, California; Oslo, Norway; Chamonix, France; and—of course—Sochi, will be too warm to ever host the Winter Games again.

2-20-14 Very little snow - Bethel, Alaska, USA

Heavy rains and flooding.

Heavy sea ice observed in southeast Alaska.

1-26-14 Ice disrupts subsistence - Unalakleet, Alaska, USA

1-24-14 Lake of snow - Nanwalek, Alaska, USA