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Declining sea ice in Kotzebue Sound is shortening subsistence hunt for seals, study finds

25 Aug 2021
Kotzebue, Alaska, United States
Seal meat makes up a good portion of what’s in subsistence hunters’ freezers in Kotzebue. But the sea ice the seals haul out on is diminishing, and new research shows that's shortening the window to hunt seals.
KTOO / Mike Brubaker
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