No Permanent Winter Ice and Early Break Up For Nome
Nome was hit by unseasonably warm temperatures and strong winds.
Low water on area rivers
Hazy fourth of July...
Nome experienced 2 lightning strikes and thunder Monday morning during a snow squall.A
Pine grosbeak
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.
Dead orca observed in the Bering Strait region.
9-04-15 Swainson's thrush - Wales, Alaska, USA
The northern grasshoppers never been observer here before.
8-1-14 Unusual spider - Wales, Alaska, USA
Could invasive insect be an indicator of changing weather patterns?
The bird is not commonly seen in the Teller area.
Mystery mite
We are spotting dead baby 'spotted' and 'ringed' seals washing up on the beach with no signs of lesions or signs of gun shots.
Permafrost thaw and storms are drivers.
Heavy rains and flooding.
The sea is our garden for food and other things.
A snowmachiner was trapped on the quickly moving floe and he was rescued later by a helicopter.
8-7-12 Dead grey whale - Nome, Alaska, USA
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