Reindeer herders on the tundra near the community of Andryushkino in Arctic Russia. (Courtesy Snowchange Cooperative)
The oral histories of nomadic Indigenous Peoples in Siberia are helping to unlock the full impact of climate change on Arctic Russia, says a paper published this spring in the journal Arctic.
“The headlines coming out of the Russian Arctic are often tackling militarization or environmental pollution or how Putin is doing this or that,” Tero Mustonen, a Finnish geographer and one of the paper’s authors, told Eye on the Arctic. “But we don’t often hear how environmental change is affecting Indigenous Siberian peoples and nomadic life in the Arctic and that is just as important.”
Posted by Angela Denning | May 14, 2021
This sign is posted on the door of the Petersburg Post Office. (Photo by Angela Denning/KFSK)
COVID show notes for Friday, May 14, 2021 –
Incident commander Karl Hagerman – COVID situation in Petersburg right now, still at low risk, four active cases, all travel related, people who have left Petersburg, returned here and since tested positive. They were symptomatic and were tested at the airport and at Petersburg Medical Center’s respiratory clinic. They have been directed to isolate and he believes the risk to festival-goers is low.
Petersburg still has a face covering mandate in place. He mentioned the Centers for Disease Control’s latest guidance on fully vaccinated people and masking.
Posted by Angela Denning | Apr 30, 2021
This sign is posted on the door of the Petersburg Post Office. (Photo by Angela Denning/KFSK)
April 30, 2021 Notes from KFSK’s Bi-Weekly COVID-19 Panel Discussion
Petersburg Borough’s Emergency Operations Center Incident Commander Karl Hagerman Incident Commander
–We are happy to report that there are no active cases in Petersburg right now. Things are looking pretty good, the risk level in Petersburg is really low, we’re at yellow, and we’re really happy to see that.
–As we get closer to the Little Norway Festival, I want to thank all the event planners that have submitted mitigation plans for their events and functions. It really helps the community to stay safe and keep our risk level low. Planning for those mitigations and making sure that participations and volunteers are safe during the festival is really important so we appreciate that. The Chamber of Commerce has been working diligently on that as well. They are co
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Birmingham: Hospitalizations linked to COVID-19 have jumped about 20% in less than two weeks in the state, a trend that health officials said Tuesday they were monitoring but don’t consider a sign of another coming crisis in the pandemic. Statistics from the Alabama Department of Public Health showed 362 people were hospitalized Monday for the illness caused by the coronavirus. Though up from the 301 patients just 10 days earlier, the total was still just a fraction of the 3,070 patients who pushed the state’s intensive care wards to near-capacity in mid-January. The increase in cases is concerning but doesn’t immediately threaten the state’s health care system because the number of people being treated remains far below levels from earlier this year, said Dr. Don Williamson, chief executive of the Alabama Hospital Association. Also, he said, a major spike in the number of severely ill patients isn’t expected because more an
Print article When the coronavirus pandemic began last year, Carolina Tolladay Vidal’s pinata business in Anchorage went to pieces and not in a good way for a pinata maker. “Many of the projects I had were moved to other dates,” she told Alaska Public Media. “Many were canceled.” Tolladay Vidal had to find fresh ideas to rejuvenate her business and settled on making large, coronavirus-shaped pinatas. After Tolladay Vidal posted a photograph of a homemade coronavirus pinata on social media, the orders started piling up, she said. “I think you really smash them and break them and hit them with meaning,” she said. “Because it has been tough for everybody.”