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Clarence and I discussing the erosion along the shoreline.
The breakwater in Tuktoyaktuk, built to protect the shoreline from wave erosion.
Flying into Utqiaฤกvik, the landscape below was scattered with thermokarst lakes, evidence of a thawing Arctic.
A drone photograph of One Ocean anchored in the bay at Herschel Island. Visible on the hillside are both small and large landslides caused by permafrost thaw.
Excavators moving steel barrels on the beach in an attempt to mitigate shoreline erosion.
Written by Herb McCormick, Photos by David Thoreson
North Slope Borough Wildlife Management - Raphaela Stimmelmayr Ph.D - Wildlife Veterinarian and Research Biologist Mark Schrader - Captain of the Around the Americas Expedition Nicole Wojciechowski - Deputy Director Leandra De Sousa, Ph.D. - Wildlife Biologist
