Animals cannot forage for lichen under the snow crust on the Yamal peninsula.

There has been a lack of snow in the Golovin area ever since the January 2014 warm spell.

1-26-14 Ice disrupts subsistence - Unalakleet, Alaska, USA

1-20-14 Snow then rain - Shaktoolik, Alaska, USA

1-3-14 Where is the snow - Solomon, Alaska, USA

Sixty-one thousand reindeer starved to death in the northwestern reaches of the Russian tundra in November 2013 in the largest recorded mortality event of its kind.

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

10-24-13 Warm weather delays subsistence - Shaktoolik, Alaska, USA

10-17-13 No ice fishing yet - Shishmaref, Alaska, USA

10-15 13 Too wet for food preservation - Elim, Alaska, USA

This has been a great year for the mushrooms

On Monday, Anchorage reached the 70-degree threshold for a record 14th straight day, breaking 2004's record of 13.

The sea is our garden for food and other things.

Lack of sea ice affects seal hunting.

A snowmachiner was trapped on the quickly moving floe and he was rescued later by a helicopter.

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.

So far approximately 340 bison have died from an anthrax outbreak in the Fort Providence area of the N.W.T.

7-19-12 Great gardening - Anchorage, Alaska, USA

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