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In Alaska’s warming Arctic, photos show an Indigenous elder passing down hunting traditions

KOTZEBUE, Alaska (AP) — The low autumn light turned the tundra gold as James Schaeffer, 7, and his cousin Charles Gallahorn, 10, raced down a dirt path by the cemetery on the edge of town. Permafrost ...
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Thawing Traditions: Alaska's Ice Challenges

Elmer Brown tragically died during a caribou hunting trip on thinning ice in Alaska, highlighting the dangers faced by Indigenous hunters as climate change alters ice conditions. Dangerous ice seasons ...

As winters warm, falling through the ice is becoming more common — and deadly

Warming winters are making ice thinner and less predictable, leading to more drownings as people fall through while fishing, hunting and recreating on frozen waters.
Parkersburg News and Sentinel

In Alaska’s warming Arctic, photos show an Indigenous elder passing down hunting traditions

Roswell Schaeffer, an Inupiaq hunter and fisher, helps his great-grandson James Schaeffer, 7, scope ducks while hunting in Kotzebue, Alaska, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag) ...
Lawrence Journal-World

In Alaska’s warming Arctic, an Indigenous elder passes down hunting traditions

Roswell Schaeffer, an Inupiaq hunter and fisher, takes his great-grandson James Schaeffer, 7, and James' cousin Charles Gallahorn, 10, hunting in Kotzebue, Alaska, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. (AP ...
Yakima Herald-Republic

In Alaska’s warming Arctic, photos show an Indigenous elder passing down hunting traditions

A lifetime of hunting Caribou antlers are stacked outside Schaeffer's home. Traditional seal hooks and whale harpoons hang in his hunting shed. Inside, a photograph of him with a hunted beluga is ...
Yakima Herald-Republic

In Alaska’s warming Arctic, photos show an Indigenous elder passing down hunting traditions

In Alaska’s warming Arctic, photos show an Indigenous elder passing down hunting traditions An Inupiaq elder teaches his great-grandson to hunt in rapidly warming Northwest Alaska where thinning ice, ...