I’m still alive…It’s been so busy.  For the last 4 months, there are so many things going on at work that kept me occupied.  Because of the smallness of our office space, people in the office were constantly fighting every day.   I was actually happy to go out on the investigation even when it’s       -60° outside.  So I tried to put four months journey into a condensed version.  In February, there were a lot of reports of harm, so I did a lot of traveling to many different villages.  In March, it’s usually Iditarod’s time, so I spent some time in Anchorage with my sister, and friends.  We were there to see the start of the Iditarod.  I took them to Aleyska Ski resort, and almost got stuck in the mountain because I’d rented a rear wheel drive Japanese car.  This year, Anchorage had the record snow falls so I’m glad my sister and friends got to experienced it.  In the middle of March I got lucky and was sent to Nome so I was able to see the winner of the Iditarod, Dallas Seavey, at the finish line.  There was not a single hotel- bed available during this time of the year in Nome so I had to sleep in the office.  For the months of April and May had been hectic, I was the only one doing all the investigation in western Alaska.  During these months I managed to do some ice fishing and some snow machine, which I bought in March.   The last two weeks, I spent majority of work times in Nome. 

Mind-boggling COLD!

Mind-boggling, historic cold has gripped the Last Frontier in recent weeks. Nome, Galena, and Bettles - in Alaska’s west and west interior - are all likely to have their coldest Januarys on record the National Weather Service reported today.  It will likely be the 5th coldest January on record in Fairbanks, with a hard-to-imagine average temperature of -26.7. Anchorage is likely to log its 4th coldest January.
Consider some of the following chilling facts:
* Using satellite data, the University of Wisconsin detected surface temperatures as cold as -73 below zero around the town of Arctic Village in northeast Alaska
* Low temperatures in the 60 to 65 below zero range have chilled the towns of Galena, Fort Yukon and Huslia since last Friday; the coldest recorded temperature was -65 at both Ft. Yukon and Galena
* Fairbanks hit -50 on January 28, and -51 on January 29, the first -50 degree readings there since 2006
* Fairbanks dropped to 40 below on 16 different days during January, the greatest number since 1971
* The average low in Ft. Yukon, 145 miles northeast of Fairbanks, has been -35