"We used to have snowmobile races on the ocean ice in front of Elim during the first weekend in April but we cannot have any races this year."
This was the warmest autumn on record for western Alaska. Local observer comments on how lack of sea ice is effecting fish and bird behavior.
We've had so much wind this winter, on the 15th of January, the winds were warm!!!!!!
We do not ever recall having flowers blooming this late in the year.
Several dozen worms were observed during a Beluga hunt in Norton Bay.
Koyuk River foze solid by Oct-14 by the 28th there was open water.
Sea ice is here and then disapears.
Hunters noticed some herring were starting to spawn near Cape Denbigh. The herring scheduled to arrive on May 25th, are over a week early.
There has been a lack of snow in the Golovin area ever since the January 2014 warm spell.
10-24-13 Warm weather delays subsistence - Shaktoolik, Alaska, USA
Despite the time of year, there is still no snow on the Seward Peninsula.
Late freeze-up of sea ice along the shoreline
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