University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers were in Barrow, testing the shore-fast ice along Alaska's North Slope, which has been getting thinner, breaking up earlier, and freezing later in the year.
In the 2008-2009 school year, Nunavut spent $15,428 per student in kindergarten to grade 12. That’s far above the Canadian average of $11,044 -- but far less than NWT or the Yukon.CBC News
Native salmon fishermen who violated Western Alaska river closures in 2012 return to court Monday. A Bethel judge will decide if they had a religious right to break the law.Jill Burke
At this week's Arctic Council meeting, Asian nations were admitted as permanent observers while the European Union was forced to wait. Here's a news roundup from the meeting.Mia Bennett
Citing increased traffic in the Arctic, the Coast Guard is shifting its resources to Alaska's Western coast to monitor the Bering Strait. It will be based in Kotzebue. Suzanna Caldwell
It may be mid-May, but the National Weather Service is warning that rain could turn to snow late Friday across parts of Southcentral Alaska.Craig Medred
