Extreme winds from a huge weekend storm over the Great Lakes pushed huge walls of ice on the shores of Lake Erie.

No Permanent Winter Ice and Early Break Up For Nome

Open water interferes with subsistence practices.

South winds blew out most of the sea ice. Going to be bad ice if it refreezes for spring hunt.

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.

6-5-13 Risky ice for whaling - Barrow, Alaska, USA

6-26-13 Risky ice conditions for whaling - Barrow, Alaska, USA

Lack of sea ice affects seal hunting.

Sea ice conditions making it difficult for community to harvest seasonal fish.

No sea ice alone the northside of the Alaska Peninsula.

4-29-14 Sea ice rescue - Barrow, Alaska, USA

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.

Late freeze-up of sea ice along the shoreline

We are spotting dead baby 'spotted' and 'ringed' seals washing up on the beach with no signs of lesions or signs of gun shots.

Sea ice is here and then disapears.

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

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

This fall freeze-up was somewhat delayed, not just in the Bering Straits region, but all the way up to Barrow.

Without sea ice, our beaches are eroding.

The storm raises local concerns about food security and preparedness for transportation emergencies.

No sea ice; hunters say it should not be like this today.

Coastline along town had sheets of ice pushed against it, maybe 20 to 30 yards deep, this has not happened since 2012, 5 years ago.

3-5-13 Changing sea ice - Unalakleet, Alaska, USA

While taking photos this afternoon of the snow ice on various objects near the Native Village of Unalakleet, which was on the approximate order of 4 minutes and with very little wind (playground, grass, powerlines), my hands were cold due to the "wetness" in the air and the ambient air temperature.

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

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

Rough seas and moving sea ice.

Thinner sea ice and melting permafrost. Is it related to changes in the Earth's axis?

Walrus in Bristol Bay and Port Heiden are not uncommon in summer. The fact they are present in April is unusual and residents believe factors such as the lack of sea ice, lack of food and warming ocean temperatures may be the reason.