The Alaska Native village of Shishmaref is on a sinking barrier island in the Chukchi Sea, where it is constantly threatened by the effects of climate change.
SHISHMAREF, Alaska — Search online for the little town of Shishmaref and you’ll see homes perilously close to falling into the ocean, and headlines that warn that this Native community on a border island in western Alaska — without access to main roads to the mainland or running water —