A late and uneven freeze-up on the Anadyr Estuary has delayed the seasonal ice-road crossings linking Anadyr with the airport area, as ice thickness and cracks are still unsafe for heavy equipment.

A Svalbardposten note reports that Svalbard’s fjords do not appear likely to freeze over this year, with conditions possibly resembling the “extreme year” 2016.

Severe cold combined with unusual humidity caused aircraft refueling operations at Rovaniemi Airport to slow dramatically, with some flights waiting hours for fueling. Airlines were asked to carry enough fuel to avoid refueling in Rovaniemi until conditions improve.

A prolonged cold spell in Finnmark, Norway brought temperatures below -30°C in Karasjok and Kautokeino, causing vehicle breakdowns and frost injuries to horses at local farms.

Karasjok in Finnmark, Norway recorded -41.4°C on the morning of Jan. 9, 2026—the lowest temperature there since 2017—leading the municipality to cancel school bus service while other services continued largely as normal.

Residents in Hafnarfjörður, a small town just outside the capital area, have rescued multiple swans that have frozen to the icy surface of Hamarkotslækur creek during a recent spate of desperately cold weather in the country, RÚV reports.