Jae C Hong & Luis Andres Henao SHISHMAREF (AP) – “Home sweet home”. That’s how Helen Kakoona calls her Alaska native village of Shishmaref when asked what it means to live on a remote barrier island near the Arctic Circle. Her home and the traditional lifestyle kept for thousands of years is in peril, vulnerable […]
SHISHMAREF, Alaska – “Home, sweet home.” That’s how Helen Kakoona calls her Alaska Native village of Shishmaref when asked what it means to live on a remote barrier island near
Rising sea levels, flooding, increased erosion and loss of protective sea ice and land have led residents of Shishmaref, Alaska, to vote twice to relocate
SHISHMAREF, Alaska (AP) “Home sweet home.” That’s how Helen Kakoona calls her Alaska Native village of Shishmaref when asked what it means to live on a remote barrier island near the Arctic Circle.