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5/8/12 News - Climate Change and Alaska Natives, part 2 of 5 - We visit a village sinking into melting permafrost

By Johanna Eurich

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kbc/local-kbc-1011308.mp3

Anchorage, AK – Climate change is melting Alaska's permafrost. In Selawik, the land is sinking as the ice melts. Johanna Eurich went to the Inupiaq village in Northwest Alaska to find out how residents are coping.