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ALASKA — It's been snowing a lot lately in northern Utah, with some ski resorts seeing as much as 23 inches of fresh powder Tuesday and Wednesday.
Those who still commute to work can attest to the hazardous road conditions this beautiful precipitation brings. But sometimes we all need to step back and thank our lucky stars our highways are not the treacherous Arctic waterways depicted below.
Snowstorm in the middle of the ocean.
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"Which way is up?" would be the first question I'd have to ask the captain, if I was so lucky to be aboard that vessel. My second question would be where the best place is to deposit my lunch, as someone who gets motion sick on a swing set.
There has been a lot of scientific literature released over the last few years about ancient animals climbing aboard rafts to cross the Atlantic. Iguanas are said to have floated to Fiij from North America 30 million years ago, according to one ScienceNews article, either eating their raft as they float along or entering a kind of comatose state to not eat at all.
If I was an iguana, I'd take a hard look at the weather reports before snacking on my raft, in case snow is in the forecast.
Monkeys may have made the journey multiple times, researchers suggest. Butterflies, spiders and penguins too. It might have taken a few tries, though.
Luckily, the video above was taken on the Bering Sea near Alaska, where the only things to survive are crabs, one guy in orange rubber bibs, and the endless night.
