Brutal Bering Sea ice blocking Arctic supply ships

Brutal Bering Sea ice blocking Arctic supply ships

http://www.alaskadispatch.com
Jul 12, 2012

Brutal sea ice conditions that northwest Alaska battled all winter haven’t receded in parts of northern Canada. Two resupply ships are stuck waiting at the mouth of Frobisher Bay in Iqaluit because of tough ice conditions.

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Record Winter Snow in Anchorage

Record Winter Snow in Anchorage

http://blogs.woodtv.com
April 9th, 2012

Anchorage, Alaska has broken a 57-year old record for the snowiest winter in history.

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Cold weather keeping Ice Alaska park open through April 1

Cold weather keeping Ice Alaska park open through April 1

http://newsminer.com
Mar 23, 2012

FAIRBANKS — It’s a sign that spring is not quite here yet.

Thanks to what has been a much-colder-than-normal March, the Ice Alaska ice park at the end of Phillips Field Road will stay open until April 1, a week longer than was planned. The ice park was originally scheduled to close on Sunday.

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Ultra-harsh Alaska winter prompts fuel shortages…too cold for people to use their snowmobiles

The true face of “manmade global warming”?

Ultra-harsh Alaska winter prompts fuel shortages

“…temperatures dipping as low as minus 60 over the past few weeks…”
“…relentless extreme cold prevented fuel deliveries…”
“It’s been too cold for people to use their snowmobiles…”

More from our frozen state:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-01-14/alaska-winter-fuel/52557582/1?csp=34news

Alaska: Anchorage on track to set record for coldest January

Anchorage on track to set record for coldest January

http://www.thenewstribune.com
28 January 2012

It has been so cold for so long in Anchorage that the chill has settled into the bones of daily life.

At Skinny Raven, $189 ankle-length down Skhoop ski skirts sell briskly. Plumbers who unfreeze pipes and thaw washing machines are too busy to talk.

Meteorologists agree: January is on track to be one of the most frigid months on record in Alaska history, according to the National Weather Service.

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Record Cold in Alaska

Record Cold in Alaska

http://blogs.woodtv.com
September 29th, 2010

…Get a load of these low temperatures in September: -11°F near Beaver Village, -10° near Chalkyitsik. Chicken, Alaska was -5°. Bettles reached ZERO on Monday, tying the coldest temperature ever recorded there in September. Eielson AFB near Fairbanks was +3°, and that was the coldest temperature they have ever had in any September (the average low for Fairbanks now is 28°). Daily records were set at Eagle (0°), Gulkana (3°), King Salmon (17°) and Cold Bay (31°). …

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Record Cold Expected in Alaska

Record Cold Expected in Alaska

http://www.startribune.com
November 14, 2009

Record cold will grip interior Alaska this week. Low temperatures may dip as much as 50 degrees below zero.

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The coldest places in the world right now

The coldest places in the world right now (10 January 2009)

10 January 2009

H/T to Gore Lied

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Early snowfalls in Europe hit Historic Levels

Early snowfalls in Europe hit Historic Levels

http://wattsupwiththat.com
December 7, 2008

  • 20 year record snowfall in Dolomites enough to last all season
  • Some Swiss train services cancelled due to excess snow
  • Still more heavy snow in the Pyrenees
  • More snow for Scotland

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Alaskan Glaciers Grow for First Time in 250 years

Alaskan Glaciers Grow for First Time in 250 years

http://www.dailytech.com
October 16, 2008

A bitterly cold Alaskan summer has had surprising results. For the first time in the area’s recorded history, area glaciers have begun to expand, rather than shrink. Summer temperatures, which were some 3 degrees below average, allowed record levels of winter snow to remain much longer, leading to the increase in glacial mass.

“In mid-June, I was surprised to see snow still at sea level in Prince William Sound”, said glaciologist Bruce Molnia. “In general, the weather this summer was the worst I have seen in at least 20 years”.

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