Very strong south winds took out all the sea ice and created an ice pile in front of the village.
The weather was warm and the ice was late in coming, so Dennis Davis set up a piece of equipment unknown to his Inupiaq forebears: his drone.
Rough seas and moving sea ice.
As snow machines zoomed past, Dennis Davis set up his new drone. According to Davis, blue ice is more solid than white. Those are areas hunters can travel across more safely as they search for marine mammal prey.
This fall freeze-up was somewhat delayed, not just in the Bering Straits region, but all the way up to Barrow.
Photos and observations of the sheen thought to be caused by a fuel leak in the village of Shishmaref.
South winds blew out most of the sea ice. Going to be bad ice if it refreezes for spring hunt.
Loss of shoreline and subsistence camps.
10-17-13 No ice fishing yet - Shishmaref, Alaska, USA
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