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Anchorage is so warm this year it has to import snow for the Iditarod
2016-03-03 02:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Take an already warming planet, stir in a dash of El Nio, and add a splash of melting Arctic ice. Voila! You`ve got a baked Alaska. The state has experienced a warm and wacky winter, with only one-tenth its usual snowfall and temperatures 10 degrees F above average. This lack of snow is especially problematic for a cherished tradition: the Iditarod, Alaska`s annual dogsled race. To avoid the tribulations of slushy mushing, a snow-bereft Anchorage is importing snow for the beginning of the...
Fairbanks to the rescue: Railroad to haul snow to barren Anchorage for Iditarod
2016-03-01 04:05:53| Railroads - Topix.net
A lack of snow in Alaska's biggest city has led to the Alaska Railroad transporting 300 to 350 cubic yards of snow from Fairbanks to downtown Anchorage for use in Saturday's ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and the Fur Rondy's Running of the Reindeer.
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Anchorage repackages businesses from footwear to burgers
2016-01-07 04:45:17| Grocery - Topix.net
Anchorage Capital Partners, which more-than quadrupled its money buying retailer Dick Smith from Woolworths in 2012 and taking it public a year later, has reaped big profits from shaping industries in Australasia ranging from clothing and footwear, to burgers, tinned food and irrigation. Anchorage paid as much as A$115 million for Dick Smith, although only about A$20 million was upfront.
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Panelists at Anchorage climate change forum call for action
2015-11-15 05:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Alaska Dispatch: Robin Bronen told the crowd at the University of Alaska Anchorage on Saturday that she got an email from a Newtok resident this week after a storm hit the flood-prone coastal village. It said, Weve made it again. The pictures Ive gotten from Newtok are horrific, Bronen, executive director of the Alaska Institute for Justice, said at the daylong forum on the states changing climate. Its unconscionable that the community hasnt relocated yet. Villagers have watched erosion eat away...
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Anchorage Strikes It Rich
2015-07-27 22:06:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Everett Clary and Patty Caress, Anchorage Municipal Light & Power Anchorage Municipal Light & Power goes paperless and experiences a plethora of riches. read more