Warm ocean temperatures are keeping ice thin, which become easily moved by the wind. This ice movement separates commercial and subsistence crabbers from their gear, and have led to the loss of both crabbing and mining gear.
Leads appeared following a warm storm, in areas with usually stable, shorefast ice. The leads separate many crabbers from their pots, and are illustrative of how Norton Sound's recent erratic sea ice patterns are altering subsistence opportunities and patterns.
Looking seaward over the last week from almost all points along the coasts of Norton Sound, folks have been dazzled by bright blue horizons colored by open water.
Visits Port of Nome before voyage through Northwest Passage.
No Permanent Winter Ice and Early Break Up For Nome
A snowmachiner was trapped on the quickly moving floe and he was rescued later by a helicopter.
Sunken vessel leads to petroleum spill.
The red king crab that wasn't red appeared in Nome on Fourth of July.
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