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Hampden, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Juanita Mercer /
Saltwire /
March 27, 2022
Ewart Eveleigh has lived in Hampden for more than 60 years and he’s never seen anything like this. Hundreds of turrs are dead or dying on the ice in White Bay. “The eagles were eating them,” Eveleigh said, adding the living ones are “groggy,” “cuddled together,” and appear too weak to fly away.
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Alaska Public Media /
February 24, 2022
They have so far identified fewer than 100 hares in the Nome area, fewer than 20 in Ekuk near Bristol Bay and about 10 in the Kotzebue area. Alaska hares are distinct from snowshoe hares mainly because of their size. Jackrabbits are two to three times bigger than the snowshoe, according to Barger.
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on Alaska Public Media
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Delta Junction, Alaska, United States
Tess Williams /
Anchorage Daily News /
March 20, 2022
Bulldozer crews have cleared trails and fields for the bison in hopes of reducing the danger of collisions and damaged fields. There's a layer of ice up to two inches thick within the snowpack that has further complicated foraging.
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on Anchorage Daily News
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Conger and Glenzer Glaciers
Seth Borenstein /
Anchorage Daily News /
March 16, 2022
The collapse last week of an ice shelf the size of New York City was the first time scientists have ever seen an ice shelf collapse in this cold area of Antarctica.
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Eagle River, Alaska, United States
Tess Williams /
Anchorage Daily News /
About 145 customers in the area were without power on Friday due to damaged equipment, according to Matanuska Electric Association. It’ll likely be at least several days before the road may be cleared.
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Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada
Liny Lamberink /
CBC /
March 23, 2022
A permafrost scientist in the N.W.T. is leading an experiment that compacts snow near the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway to see if that will slow down permafrost thaw and protect buildings and roads built atop it.
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on CBC
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