Fort Yukon has recorded Alaska’s coldest ever temperatures but this winter temperatures have been much warmer than normal,main to dangerously thin iceThis year’s record-breaking temperatures have robbed the Arctic of its winter, sending snowmobilers plunging through thin ice into freezing rivers and forcing deliveries of snow to the starting line of Alaskas legendary Iditarod dogsledding race.final month’s high temperatures – up to 16C (61F) above normal in some parts of the Arctic – flummoxed (confused) scientists, or are redefining life in the Arctic,particularly for the indigenous people who live close to the land.
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Source: theguardian.com