NENANA — Early warm spring weather is adding a lot of excitement to the Nenana Ice Classic this year, resulting in a surge of last-minute ticket sales.

Wales lost shorefast ice early in the season. Ice along the shore has been crushed and broken. This is a very unusual event for Wales as many of our hunters rely on great ice conditions for whale and other sea mammal catch for food.

“You could take your sailboat and sail from Dillingham all the way to Little Diomede and never see much more than an ice cube.

Back-to-back blizzards with tons of snow and high winds have hammered Nome since late January and the accumulation of a total of 76 inches of snow is now beginning to take a toll on residents.

Strong winds and freezing temperatures left an upstate New York lake house encased in a shell of ice.

The snow began falling in early February and hardly let up until the last day of the month, setting records at local ski resorts and causing havoc across the

Warm temperatures break 30 year record.

Extreme winds from a huge weekend storm over the Great Lakes pushed huge walls of ice on the shores of Lake Erie.

Snake wakens early from winter sleep. He is a sure spring sign, but is not happy in February. If you see a viper at this time of year, then there may be several snakes in the vicinity.

Thousands of years old ice disappears all over Norway. Dag Inge Bakke (42) is among those struggling to save the frozen archive of the past.

Swans have arrived early in Southeast Alaska this year, with most lakes still frozen and no green grass anywhere. Most lakes are frozen; the swan is sticking to a small patch of water surrounded by ice.

The winter holiday offers 15 degrees (C) of heat and spring flowers.

Blame for pollution is focused on failure of coal plant to filter emissions.

Snow on Haleakala?

Leads appeared following a warm storm, in areas with usually stable, shorefast ice. The leads separate many crabbers from their pots, and are illustrative of how Norton Sound's recent erratic sea ice patterns are altering subsistence opportunities and patterns.

The spectacular natural formation near Haines Junction has become a big draw for visitors.

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.