In July, Norton Sound water surface temperatures reached 68.2 DEG F on 7/10 and 69.3 DEG F on 7/11, which is about 17 degrees above average. The water was warm enough to comfortably swim in.
Unusually high abundance of rusty tussock moth caterpillars in the Nome area.
"Its face was down in the mud and it was laboring to breathe. Its body condition was wasted and we could see its ribs."
The appearance of walrus on the ice off Nome added some excitement to the onset of spring.
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.
There has been a lack of snow in the Golovin area ever since the January 2014 warm spell.
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10-15 13 Too wet for food preservation - Elim, Alaska, USA
Despite the time of year, there is still no snow on the Seward Peninsula.
Several sightings of dead baby belugas were reported on the shores of the community and in the area over the past few days.
Late freeze-up of sea ice along the shoreline
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