LEO Network - Search Resultshttp://leonetwork.org2024-03-28T17:37:54Zhttp://leonetwork.org/Images/logo.pnguuid:176B3947-052E-48ED-B3C6-02EA55F2DED6A year after the Merbok Storm: Impacts on Cemetery 2023-09-22T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T17:37:54ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>St. Michael, Alaska, United States</h3><p>September 22, 2023</p><p>The Merbok storm of 2022 impacted the Old Russian Cemetery in Saint Michael. This cemetery was created in the 1830s when the northernmost outpost of the Russian American Company was established in that village. People were interred in that cemetery for about 100 years. The cemetery is on a 30 foot high bluff overlooking the bay.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/DFCBAF6D-2371-4278-B41D-74307A55E911'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/176B3947-052E-48ED-B3C6-02EA55F2DED6'>Read more...</a></p></div>63.47806 -162.03917uuid:44D1BC48-3CA4-4F13-A66E-B1CD04AA220EGraves continue to erode at historic St. Michael cemetery2023-09-21T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T17:37:54ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>St. Michael, Alaska, United States</h3><p>September 21, 2023</p><p>Graves at the historic St. Michael cemetery in Alaska are eroding due to increased storms and erosion, prompting an archaeologist to recover exposed remains and coordinate efforts to re-bury them. Tom Wolforth’s prime mission was to appropriately handle the remains and make sure they could be reburied. He has been working closely with the tribe and the municipality to address their concerns. One concern, Martin said, was that these exposed remains could pose a risk of disease, especially if the dead had been buried during the time of the 1918 flu pandemic. But Wolforth assured them that if properly handled this shouldn’t be a problem.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/9CBD4FBB-1341-4434-B5EC-F4E0B5FADD6E'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/44D1BC48-3CA4-4F13-A66E-B1CD04AA220E'>Read more...</a></p></div>63.47806 -162.03917uuid:C0815162-524C-4768-8ECC-11D40F90B06CThawing causing cemetery to sink2022-10-28T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T17:37:54ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Noatak, Alaska, United States</h3><p>October 28, 2022</p><p>Permafrost thaw in Noatak is causing the condition of the grave site to degrade. A trench has formed and crosses are tipping over. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/2CA39D1E-A820-45FA-BB78-0C8ED64F4B01'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/C0815162-524C-4768-8ECC-11D40F90B06C'>Read more...</a></p></div>67.57111 -162.96528uuid:DE3CEECA-2F4A-4EA4-AA50-B3D849DC3878Storm Merbok causes erosion to cemetary 2022-09-20T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T17:37:54ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>St. Michael, Alaska, United States</h3><p>September 20, 2022</p><p>The erosion of the Old Russian Cemetery from the impacts of the storm Merbokis also an unfinished process. The earth is actively moving, falling onto the beach bit by bit and sometimes in large chunks every day, to reach a state of stabilization after the storm.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/44E56787-0FF9-447D-BF82-2238C4D11BA6'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/DE3CEECA-2F4A-4EA4-AA50-B3D849DC3878'>Read more...</a></p></div>63.47806 -162.03917