It's been a cold month so far along Alaska's Arctic coast, but webcam views are finally showing change in the fresh water environment as winter's ice begins to disappear. The two images below were taken a little over 72 hours apart at Wadepiper Lake, close to Teshekpuk Lake, with conditions this afternoon obviously much more hospitable for avian visitors.
The much larger Teshekpuk Lake has seen much less change in the last 3 days and appears to still be mostly frozen over:
Here's a nice chart from Rick showing how unusual the cool conditions have been in Barrow lately: the first half of June was the coolest in more than 40 years.
