Alaska State Troopers based in St Mary’s were informed of an exposure related death in Alakanuk last Thursday, the trooper dispatch revealed on Wednesday. Troopers were informed at 3:15 on Thursday that “a deceased adult male had been discovered lying in the snow in the village.” The man was identified as 40-year-old Paul Ayunerak. According […]
Italian rescue teams say eight people have been found alive in a hotel buried by an avalanche nearly two days ago in the central part of the country. The survivors have yet to be pulled from the snow, but rescuers have been talking with them Friday. Workers dug through the night through deep snow and […]
Boulder, Colo.–Unusually high air temperatures and a warm ocean have led to a record low Arctic sea ice extent for November, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). In the Southern Hemisphere, Antarctic sea ice extent also hit a record low for the month, caused by moderately warm temperatures […]
Two accidents occurred within minutes of each other in Kodiak on Monday, and troopers pointed to rapidly freezing snow as the cause of both accidents. Troopers were contacted at 6:15 pm by 27-year-old Aaron Owen, who reported that he had rolled his vehicle at mile 12.5 of the Chiniak Highway as he was traveling northbound, […]