The state's small farms are booming amid longer growing seasons and thriving farmers markets. But climate change has also made for less predictable weather.
The National Weather Service forecast wind gusts up to 50 mph in some places and whiteout conditions.
The fall of a climber into a crevasse highlighted this season's risky combination of crumbling snow bridges and splintered climbing teams.
The statewide average temperature in December was 19.4 degrees, 15.7 degrees above the 20th century average.
A September storm caused damage in Utqiagvik, and Gov. Bill Walker declared a disaster there last month.
Anchorage sidewalks were slick with ice and the roads were full of puddles because of unseasonably high temperatures.By mid morning the temperature had reached 46 degrees.
The lodge at above 3,000 feet altitude on the Glenn Highway measured 6 to 8 inches of snow as of Monday morning -- and it was still falling.
Forecasters say they are expecting significant coastal erosion from Utqiagvik to Unalakleet from the second severe-weather event to hit the region in three weeks.
A 100-foot vessel, the Polar Bear, ended up aground on an island across a channel from the town.
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