Residents puzzled about origins of underground fire.
Tapioca like growth identified as larval trematode parasites (digenean metacercariae).
Unseasonably warm in Arctic.
The lynx population is up this year in Kivalina
Above normal temperatures in the Northwest Arctic region
Ducks were fly north along shoreline of Kivalina
Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) with Saprolegnia
Coastal erosion near Cape Blossom
With caribou herds in decline and migration patterns swaying in recent years, news that caribou are following a more traditional migration route near Kivalina and Noatak caused a buzz this fall.
The ocean is still open, and have not even begun to freeze yet.
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.
Predaceous diving beetle
Crane fly adult
3-13-13 Buggy ptarmigan - Noatak, Alaska, USA
Rare polar bear sighting in Sisualik summer camp, about 10-11 miles north of Kotzebue, AK.
Extremely high water on the Noatak
It has been raining nonstop the entire month of August
7-12-12 Eel-like fish - Kivalina, Alaska, USA
Last month a mysterious orange film ("goo" in the media vernacular) washed up on the shores of a northwest Alaskan village called Kivalina. An orange powder seems an odd product for the drying of crustacean eggs, but could make perfect sense for fungi -- specifically, the rust fungi.
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