Open water has become the November norm in the Chukchi Sea northwest of Alaska. Instead of thick, years-old ice, researchers are studying waves and how they may pummel the northern Alaska coastline.

Ice seals thought to be most affected by the disappearance of arctic sea ice seem to be doing well, according to data presented at the Alaska Marine Science Symposium last week. The two species of ice seals that were declared “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act are, so far, doing well with less sea ice. …

Rough seas and moving sea ice.

Spring river ice change - Unalakleet, Alaska, USA

No sea ice alone the northside of the Alaska Peninsula.

The sea is our garden for food and other things.