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Sea ice was the shoreline's armour

Later freeze-up, and what that exposed.

Satellite view of a rugged coastline meeting dark open water, with snow-streaked mountains inland — Shorefast ice formed early enough to protect the coast through the storm season. It now forms later, and the storms arrive at open water. The sea used to freeze before the autumn storms
Photo: Ice-free coastal area, Chukchi Sea, Alaska · Wikimedia Commons

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The sea used to freeze before the autumn storms
Shorefast ice formed early enough to protect the coast through the storm season. It now forms later, and the storms arrive at open water.
Coastal erosion is measured in metres per year here
Erosion rates along this coast are documented annually, and they are the number the relocation case rests on.

Northwest Alaska: the Wulik drainageChukchi Sea coast · Northwest Arctic Borough

SettlementIndustrial siteLandform or capeInset: this frame within AlaskaEach marker links to the piece about it

Where this section sits: the Wulik drainage from the De Long Mountains to the Chukchi Sea.

Geometry: project map kit

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