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.

The ocean is still open, and have not even begun to freeze yet.

10-17-13 No ice fishing yet - Shishmaref, Alaska, USA

12-19-13 Wind blew out the ice - Elim, Alaska, USA

11-4-13 Ice fishing hazardous - Golovin, Alaska, USA

Late freeze-up of sea ice along the shoreline