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25 August 2021 / KTOO / Wesley Early
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Declining sea ice in Kotzebue Sound is shortening subsistence hunt for seals, study finds

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.


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