Even the far North Slope thaws every year. You have to get some elevation to stay frozen every year, like in my picture of Denali, taken this past Memorial Day.
In Eagle River, my home just North of Anchorage, the snow has started again in the mountains, the snow line is about 3,000 as of yesterday.
Task Force Freedom
MOSUL, Iraq — Forces from the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, as part of Task Force Freedom, detained suspected terrorists and seized weapons caches during operations in northern Iraq Oct. 3-6.
Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment seized a weapons cache during a search operation near Qayyarah Oct. 3.
The cache included rocket propelled grenades, various rockets, RPG boosters, mines and an artillery round.
Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment detained 16 individuals suspected of terrorist activity and seized multiple AK-47s along with full magazines and other weapons during separate operations in Mosul Oct. 4-6.
Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment detained six individuals suspected of terrorist activity during operations in eastern Mosul Oct. 3 and 6.
Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment detained five individuals suspected of terrorist activity during two operations in eastern Mosul Oct. 5.
In other Task Force Freedom news, Soldiers from 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment detained six individuals suspected of terrorist activity and killed a terrorist after receiving small arms fire during separate operations in Tal Afar Oct. 3-4.
Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment detained three individuals suspected of terrorist activity and seized three weapons caches during operations in Tal Afar Oct. 4-5.
While reducing the cache, the unit engaged a suspected terrorist fleeing through a wadi. The individual fled into a safe house where the unit conducted a raid and detained 11 suspected terrorists Oct 4.
Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment detained an individual suspected of terrorist activity during a cordon and search near the Syrian border Oct. 5.
(Information provided by the Task Force Freedom, Multinational Force-Northwest Public Affairs Office.)