Scientists say Alaska is like a canary in a coal mine, foreshadowing the types of changes we can expect for the rest of the world.
Scientific American Frontiers . Hot Times in Alaska. Canary in a Coal Mine | PBS
Weather Forecast Chicken, AK | Chicken Weather | Wunderground
Also, they make no mention of the permafrost temperatures (continuous & discontinuous) dropping consistently for the past seven years, at all depths.
The glacial growth of 80% measured along both sides of the Alaska range are also up for the past two years.
Interesting, do you have a link for this data?