newsminer.com • Winter's chill comes early as Fairbanks records fourth-coldest October

FAIRBANKS — One of the coldest Octobers on record in the Interior has the Yukon River grinding to a halt and residents settling in for winter.

October 2008 went down as Fairbanks’ fourth-coldest October on record since 1904, according to meteorologist Rick Thoman with the National Weather Service in Fairbanks. The average temperature of 15.1 degrees was 8.4 degrees below normal.
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The early part of winter has been much colder this year than normal in terms of “freezing degree days,” which Rundquist said are the driver for freeze-up and ice thickness. Freezing degree days are accumulated when the average daily temperature drops below 32 degrees. One freezing degree day is the equivalent of one degree below freezing. For example, if the average daily temperature is 22 degrees, it equals 10 freezing degree days.

Fairbanks accumulated 600 freezing degree days in October this year, compared to an average of 260, Rundquist said.

Student believes propaganda

A memorable moment was the morning of Day Four, all of us awakened by Robert Buchanan singing “Oh What a Beautiful Morning.” I instinctively looked out my window and there was a young male polar bear staring right back at me. He was only five feet away, and his expression looked troubled. Then I remembered why we were there, to learn how to save bears from extinction. I vowed then and there to do whatever it takes.

Words cannot begin to describe my experience, living out on the tundra among the wild polar bears. Seeing them in their natural habitat was truly an honor. Although my trip was miraculous, it was not all polar bear hugs. We learned from our facilitators the effect that global warming has on these bears and how it has already diminished their population. There are about 900 polar bears in Churchill and only 20,000 bears remaining in the entire world. You may think this is a large number, but did you know that bears are expected to go extinct within a decade? Because of global warming, there is little or no ice on the lakes and bays of northern Manitoba. The bears rely on the ice to hunt, mate, and build dens for their cubs.

Global Warming Hoax: Antarctic Ice for October 1979 and October 2008, Penguins Looking For Warmth!

Note that the ice extent for October 1979 (when satellite measurements began) is 18 million sq km, for October 2008 the ice extent was 18.1 million sq km. Ice concentration shows even greater increases, from 13.6 million sq km, to 13.9 million.

Not a huge increase but certainly notable since everyone has been screaming about Antarctic ice melt off, obviously that is not happening. Interior ice is increasing at an even greater rate. According to NOAA GISS data winter temperatures in the antarctic has actually fallen by 1°F since 1957, with the coldest year being 2004. All the while global CO2 levels have gone up and the main stream media has been reporting near catastrophic warming conditions. The MSM and certain segments of the scientific community truly must have no shame.