In the Northern Bering and Chukchi Seas, there is a growing presence of Alexandrium cysts, an algal bloom that creates harmful saxitoxin.
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Native-owned Nome business makes traditional garments with modern materials
Alice Bioff’s designs merge traditional and cultural Alaska Native values with modern materials.
Marine debris is washing up again on Bering Strait shores
An “off-the-shelf” look implies the trash was dumped recently and close to the shore.
New Inupiaq and Yup’ik glossary is ‘one small step’ toward Indigenization of knowledge
Bering Strait regional nonprofit Kawerak has published a language glossary that provides research, science, policy and resource management terms in English, Inupiaq, St. Lawrence Island Yupik and Yup’ik.
Dead seabirds are washing ashore in Western Alaska for the fifth straight summer
Subsistence users across the region are feeling the impacts of the die-off.
No cruise ships are coming to Nome this year
Jen Martin with Lindblad Expeditions said the cancellations were caused in part by issues with docking in Provideniya.