Due to consistent above average winter temperatures, there are many known and developing open holes on the river. I was on the trail working at the Bogus Creek Checkpoint. Most of the trail had no snow cover, and the majority of the race was run on glare ice over the tundra.

Homeowner Bart Henderson headed back to Haines from Mexico after a fuel-feed line from a heating oil tank to a furnace burst and potentially leaked. “We’ve got a pretty good idea that the cause of the leak was from the hard freeze and then the warm weather,” Pikul said. “There was some frost heaving of the ground and it compromised the feed line.”

A fierce storm sweeping across northern Europe kills eight people and halts Dutch and German trains.

The Alaska Board of Fisheries faces some tough decisions this week. One of those is how to conserve dwindling king salmon stocks in a way that won’t financially cripple Southeast salmon fishermen.

Environmental and economic changes could make it easier for non-native plants and animals to gain a foothold in the North.

Residents use drones to show unusual sea ice conditions along the Chukchi coast.

In 2014, a warm water system — known as the Blob — wreaked havoc in the waters of the Gulf of Alaska. The relationship between extreme weather events and climate change is complicated. But scientists are getting closer to figuring out how the two are linked.

T. gondii infection in people was found to be associated with drinking water from home water tanks where T. gondii parasites remained, clinging to the walls—so cleaning of these water tanks would be one way to reduce infection.

The «Baltic Winter» spent only about five and a half days on its voyage across the Northern Sea Route. Last year’s ice conditions in the area were favorable, Russian transport authorities say.

For the first time, the race will run two laps to its halfway point and back. Mushers agree it’s the safest way to run the race, but it could present challenges.

Mid-January robin sighting in Chuathbaluk.

Favorable ice conditions meant that the ship »Baltic Winter» spent only about five and a half days on its voyage across the Northern Sea Route.

A female northern cardinal has made Cranbrook her home, and is drawing birders from all over BC

Earthquake in low-probability area in Alaska

The weather was the warmest I’ve ever seen for this time of year and never seen insects like ladybugs out this time of year.

We've had so much wind this winter, on the 15th of January, the winds were warm!!!!!!

Mid-January sparrow sighting in Pedro Bay

We will have more wacky weather in 2018 as the world continues to warm.

The early arrival of robins in southeast Alaska.

The ice road between Detah and Yellowknife is opening Friday, a date that ties a decades-old record.