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Wainwright, Alaska, United States


Permafrost thaw is affecting houses, roads, and ice cellars.


A flooded ice cellar in Point Hope in 2010.
M. Brubaker
A good ice cellar in Wainwright, 2014.
M. Brubaker
Decending into an ice cellar in Barrow.
M. Brubaker
Millie Hawley inspects a cellar in Kivalina
M. Brubaker
Water pools around a house
Mike Brubaker - Photo taken in 2014 for inclusion in the Climate Change in Wainwright report.
Water pools under a house
M. Brubaker - Photo taken in 2014 for inclusion in the Climate Change in Wainwright report.

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