Coastal erosion in the Native community of Shishmaref outside Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
Reduced sea ice cover and thawing permafrost has allowed wave action to erode coastal land forms in Northern Alaska. This home was undermined by storms in November 2006 and photographed in August 2007.
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