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Alaska’s Changing Climate
Five years after Living on Earth first looked at the island town of Shishmaref, Alaska, the Inuit people who live there continue to cope with melting permafrost and erosion from the sea.
Gabriel Spitzer’s report from Shishmaref continues, as a storm blows in and causes more erosion. Host Steve Curwood talks with Bruce Eningowuk, a resident of Shishmaref, about conditions on the island today, and the plans for relocation.