"Dutch Harbor"

With coastlines eroding, temperatures rising, and sea ice retreating, Alaska is feeling the effects of a warming planet. But a new federal report suggests fisheries in the state haven’t experienced many observable impacts of climate change so far.

This week three ships associated with Shell’s Arctic efforts arrived in Unalaska on a mission to remove the last signs of that effort.

Scientists will be able to sit from the comfort of their office or even in a coffee shop, as some of the data is collected in real time.

Statewide all flags will fly at half-mast to recognize Japan’s World War II attack on Dutch Harbor.

Meteorologist David Kochevar at the National Weather Service office in Anchorage said his agency clocked wind speeds of 91 mph at the Dutch Harbor Airport and 93 mph at the Akutan airport.

Shell spent more than $8 billion and nearly a decade looking for oil in the Chukchi Sea, including $1.4 billion this year alone.