Arctic Regions
Climate Change Threatens St. Andrews, Golf’s Birthplace
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — It is the rare golfer who does not fret over weather that could wash out a round or starve shots of distance. But along the North Sea on a blustery edge of Scotland, heralded for centuries as golf’s birthplace, this era’s greenskeepers fear a far more damning forecast. In that nightmare, […]
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Sports in Norway, Like Skiing and Bobsledding, Face Threat From Warming Arctic
LONGYEARBYEN, Norway — It was early April, and while the midnight sun had not yet arrived on the remote archipelago of Svalbard, darkness had begun its annual four-month retreat from the world’s northernmost town. On a cold, pristine morning, sled dogs with their thick coats and powerful legs began a howling chorus as they set […]
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Dog-Sledding in Southern Maine’s Winter Wonderland
“It’s a lot like sailing,” Polly explained, as she arranged the complicated rope-and-harness system on the snow, and we started latching the dogs. The dogs were clearly anticipating takeoff. Even harnessed, they were rolling over, coating themselves in the cold white powder. Before we set off, Polly unloaded a rapid-fire mushing primer that could be […]
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Alaska Town Records 67 Degree Temperature, a December Record
In a holiday season of extreme weather events, this one stands out: a 67-degree Fahrenheit reading in Alaska the day after Christmas. The reading on Sunday, from a tidal station on Kodiak Island, set a statewide temperature record for December, the National Weather Service reported. The temperature at the station, in southern Alaska, reached the […]
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