About 600 people live in a small village on an island off the coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. The combination of climate change and lack of local resources has led to a food and water shortage that might force residents to flee.
The Alaska Native village of Shishmaref is located on a sinking barrier island in the Chukchi Sea near the Bering Strait that separates the U.S. and Russia
SHISHMAREF, Alaska Search online for the little town of Shishmaref and you ll see homes perilously close to the ocean, and headlines that warn this Native community in western Alaska is on the verge of disappearing.