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While Southcentral Alaskans are enjoying a return to winter, others are coping with mild weather, and unusually low snow and ice conditions. The Iditarod start has again been relocated to Fairbanks, and rain in the Yukon is making road travel hazardous to impossible. Across the Arctic, sea ice conditions are at record low levels.

	Miserable stretches of trail prompt Iditarod to move race start to Fairbanks Willow, Alaska, United States Tegan Hanlon / Alaska Dispatch News / February 11, 2017 For the second time in three years, the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race will move its official start from Willow to Fairbanks due to poor trail conditions that race officials determined unsafe. Read article on Alaska Dispatch News
	Warm, wet weather prompts road closures Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Ashley Joannou / Yukon News / February 15, 2017 Record-breaking warm temperatures had some people in Whitehorse basking in the sun. In Haines Junction it was raining so hard the sand was washing off the road. Read article on Yukon News
	City councils spending millions on creating snow Östersund, Jämtland, Sweden Radio Sweden / February 14, 2017 Sweden is having another winter without much of the white stuff, but local councils are taking the matter in their own hands. Read article on Radio Sweden
	Ice cover at sea exceptionally low this winter Tornio, Lapland, Finland Yle Uutiset / February 11, 2017 Ice cover over Finlands sea areas is very low. Experts warn that the ice is now very thin over sea, and with spring slowly arriving, the situation is not likely to improve. Read article on Yle Uutiset
	After die-off, sea stars face uncertain future Homer, Alaska, United States Shahla Farzan / KBBI / February 15, 2017 Sea star wasting syndrome was first documented in Kachemak Bay in 2014, but it wasn’t until last summer that the mysterious infection began killing sea stars in large numbers. Read article on KBBI
	How tundra wildfires could create an unstoppable cycle Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska, United States Yereth Rosen / Alaska Dispatch News / January 19, 2017 The 2007 fire was probably the first for that area in 6,500 years, according to scientific evidence examined later, Higuera said. But the wait for the next big burn won't be nearly as long, according to the evidence gathered in the study. Read article on Alaska Dispatch News

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