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| Katovik is in the northwestern corner of Alaska |
On February 7, 2020 at 3 a.m. local time in Alaska, firefighters were battling a blaze in the tiny village of Katovik. A video was posted on Twitter of a new school on fire in the village of Kaktovik. The poster said "Our new gym is gone. Fire is spreading to the only school we have. Freezing temps, local firefighters trying their best to fight the fire. Equipment & hoses, air tanks keep freezing."
Another Twitter user, Rick Thoman, a Climate specialist noted the temperature at the time was
"Minus 33 Fahrenheit with 10-15 mph west winds."
Here's the video of the fire at 3 a.m. as posted by Katzyn on Twitter: https://twitter.com/katzyn/status/1225766422179020800?s=20
On a related note, More Polar Bears are converging on Katovik because Sea Ice is Dwindling
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| Female and cub polar bear on land near Kaktovik, Alaska: Cr USGS |
In 2018, more than 2,000 people visited the northern Alaska village of Kaktovik on the Beaufort Sea last year to see polar bears in the wild, Alaska's Energy Desk reported. In recent years as polar bears have been spending more time on land than on diminishing Arctic sea ice. The far north community is located on north shore of Barter Island on the Beaufort Sea coast in an area where rapid global warming has sped up the movement of sea ice, the primary habitat of polar bears. As ice has receded to deep water beyond the continental shelf, more bears are remaining on land to look for food.
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