A tundra fire has burned nearly 2,000 acres on the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge over the past week.
Of the 89 wildfires burning across Alaska right now, several are in the northern part of the state, either in the Arctic or near its southern boundary.
Snow is melting at a faster pace than ever in the Ural region and revealing the Igan glacier’s true area.
The issue of erosion is not new to Noatak cemetery. The old cemetery was located near the Noatak's airstrip, but in 1993, the spring breakup caused 30 feet of erosion adjacent to the cemetery. Flooding during the fall of 1994 further threatened the site, so residents relocated 200 graves to the north side of town.
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