Relocate or Rebuild? Indigenous Alaskans Forced to Choose | After the Ice

[@mbuhtz]

Personal stories like this are so much more valuable than "More sea ice lost" headlines. Thank you

[@elikintisch1046]

You got it Marie! Thanks for sharing that.

[@bamb8s436]

It s selfish to think of natural impact as inferior to human impact

[@NeighborhoodBasketCase]

I’ve been to unalakleet!!! I love that place and am devastated by the hardships they are facing, great people live there . Shout out to Laurel who is doing what she can to raise awareness about the decline in salmon populations and how that impacts communities like this

[@elikintisch1046]

Laurel who? a link? Would love to hear more. Eli (producer)

[@NeighborhoodBasketCase]

@@elikintisch1046 Laurel Katchatag! I’ll link her LinkedIn

[@elikintisch1046]

@@NeighborhoodBasketCase Frank K’s daughter?

[@NeighborhoodBasketCase]

@@elikintisch1046 Her dads name is Shackie I believe

[@LisaBeergutHolst]

"If their town is flooding why don't they move" *Influx of climate refugees* "No not like that"

[@war5561]

I love how the whole community supported him. Thats beautiful. Also the art is awesome and I hope that was from an artist in the community too.

[@EmissaryOfSmeagol]

Be sure to check out another PBS channel, Indie Alaska, for more great Alaska stories

[@vladdevener5586]

This is just so freaking sad .

[@MyKharli]

That they all vote for climate change denying pro gun ,god hijacking , oil drinking flag waving idiots ?

[@TacticusPrime]

What an amazing story! It's the duty of those of us (particularly the companies who account for the vast majority of emissions) who have benefited mightily from the wealth generated by the burning of fossil fuels to give back to communities endangered by the changing climate around the world. Making their stories personal like this can have a force multiplying effect. What can people, governments, and businesses do to help these sorts of communities?

[@LisaBeergutHolst]

Give their land back for starters.

[@TacticusPrime]

@@LisaBeergutHolst I mean, we can say that but that's not a plan. What does "give the land back" mean specifically? Give what to whom? And what do we do with the people, descended from those who originally took the land, who live there and own it now?

[@FuriousImp]

Governments and businesses can for starters abolish lobbying. But that boils down to greed, and will probably never happen. At least not in any of our lifetimes. Carbon tax is one thing the government can do. Business can and should have already developed sustainable means of transportation, energy production and storage. This should have been arrived half a century ago. Again... greed. The people? What can they do? Not much. Even living like the amish wouldn't suffice. They's too much CO2 in the atmosphere.

[@LisaBeergutHolst]

@@TacticusPrime The vast majority of privately owned land is in the hands of businesses, not homesteaders. Tax the rich and use the money to buy the land back.

[@maclanty5324]

@@TacticusPrime your problem or theirs cause they owned all of u.s.

[@AkireraStraberri3]

Climate change is effecting everyone. I hope that these people are able to keep their culture alive and we can continue efforts to do what we can to help the planet.

[@SolaceEasy]

Together, and individually, we can slay the corporate monster.

[@infinitespace8313]

Exactly. Little steps can change a lot. Big corporations need to be held responsible for the damage they’re doing

[@thatonedud7233]

Ye

[@GoingtoHecq]

People think that we're only supposed to fight the abstract entities, not the people who are responsible for them, who own them. Slay those beasts.

[@GoingtoHecq]

@@infinitespace8313 the people who make the decisions need to be held personally responsible. Corporations are just their shield and excuse.

[@infinitespace8313]

@@GoingtoHecq Very true

[@ellasmommy9278]

I heard about an area either in Alaska or near Alaska that was completely submerged a few years ago. That area is just gone now

[@PhysicsPolice]

Awesome, uplifting video!

[@0HARE]

Tragedy and inspiration all rolled into one. Well Done

[@gregnulik1975]

Thought about mass producing MacGyver floating homes ? Maybe even a floating gym ? And some coastal barrier islands ?

[@frasersgirl4383]

This topic isn’t worth a video longer than 7 minutes long?????

[@petuniaromania6294]

I suppose no-one really knows if all the ice will melt or not, however, it is melting and the Earth is holding in heat like a greenhouse. All coastal areas around the world will have to begin thinking of adaptations and relocations to infrastructure, including above and underground utilities. The sea-levels are rising and they're expected to be quite high. I think the good news about this is that as the ice melts, and of course depending upon sea-levels, more land will begin to green. This will open up more areas in the North to economic tourism, especially for hunters and fishermen. Animals will migrate farther into the Northern areas as well, so the game may change for the Inuit and other native peoples. They'll be opportunities for planting trees and plants that will help animals to migrate to your area. I love the training course.

[@spottedtime]

Not if a lot of those animals end up on the endangered list, due to habitat lose and competing for basic resources with humans, like fresh water. Who knows how rising sea-levels is going to effect the local wildlife

[@patricialessard8651]

Interesting though that during the last ice age, big portions of Alaska, were warm and ice free. That and the drop in ocean by the world's huge glaciers, made it so people could cross over from Asia to Alaska. We will be in another ice age in approximately 1500 years or less. It may seem far away but it moves steadily on to that time. Great video video. Thank you and stay safe.

[@rad858]

There is virtually no chance that Earth will be in another ice age in the next couple of millenia. It's way too easy to underestimate the magnitude of the effects we have already had on our planet, and how long those effects will last

[@davidschwartz8125]

At that time sea levels were about 300' lover due to so much atmospheric moisture locked up in giant mile thick ice sheets. So we have less snow and ice due that moisture being captured and we have warmer environment due to the bearing straight not existing. And yet things are warming up without any drop in sea level. Instead sea levels are rising. Because we are the change.

[@Phyx1u5]

just wondering what is the cost of real estate there? seems so sparse can you just build a house anywhere?

[@jasons5916]

I think materials are the biggest expense. Like he said in the video, you can't just go down to Home Depot, everything has to be flown in or brought on a boat and that increases the cost a lot.

[@jared_bowden]

Also, lots of the region is muskeg, and can be really hard to actually build on.

[@brockbaby]

@@jasons5916 Its' why they originally lived in Igloos. Houses made of ice.. which is plentiful. OR move to the mainland and stop complaining.

[@anishaditya4400]

What's more intriguing is that how the culture of east asia have taken it's own form elsewhere in the world....

[@JohnAdams-qc2ju]

You sound racist. Everyone came from one sole point & then people moved. Just because a group lived someplace for many years means nothing. We're all humans who should be treated the same.

[@anishaditya4400]

@@JohnAdams-qc2ju stupid!

[@brockbaby]

We're on the tail end of an ice age ENDING. Our planet has had several cycles where it's had NO ice and where it's been ALL ice. The planet does not stand still. Humans must, can and will adapt. 90% of our planets existance is behind it before the sun dies and supernovas.. erasing the earth from history. #Perspective

[@carlbecklehimer1898]

People will adapt.

[@NeighborhoodBasketCase]

You wanna house all the climate refugees?

[@eleethtahgra7182]

If....this were to happen in china, imagine the uproar in western media.

[@JohnAdams-qc2ju]

It does happen & worst in China. However the party will kill you or jail you if you make a big deal about loosing your home/land so it isn't well known.

[@eleethtahgra7182]

@@JohnAdams-qc2ju interesting. So which ethnic groups?

[@eleethtahgra7182]

@U Rat there is. Except the minority ethnic groups were given preferential treatment. Oh, and the chinese were agricultural people, not hunter gatherer like the one in this video. So, govt set new farms and then relocate them.

[@civilizedrevolt6707]

They could go back to Siberia. Don’t they still have kin there?

[@andrewdiaz3529]

They can't afford to move inland and most don't want to abandon the land they lived in for generations, you think they are gonna move to a new country? Also, Siberia is also suffering, right now it has the largest wildfire in the world burning an area larger than the Amazon.

[@katherinekinnaird4408]

Prayers for you all. God bless you all. Shalom. 💖💪🙏

[@theguardian8317]

joyfull Mickey Mantle Day to you, happy hanukkah, merry festivus and I hope santa claus brings you many toys; also many blessings from the Flying Spaghetti Monster to all of your family.

[@theguardian8317]

I miss when kids wanted to be astronauts or scientist instead of dumb reality show contestants or rappers

[@camadams9149]

What is the obsession with rebuilding. After a certain point you need to stop throwing good money after bad. New Orleans would be another perfect example. Stop rebuilding after these disasters and start relocating

[@markbates3180]

Move to the beach and complain about the ocean.

[@NicholasHay1982]

Unsubscribed

[@elikintisch1046]

Why?

[@Pfyzer]

Alcohol should be banned when it becomes a problem in rural or small communities. Especially if its a leading cause of suicide and abuse in the erea

[@LisaBeergutHolst]

Actually the cause is colonialism.

[@scoople6]

It's drastic but I see your point. Better yet would be to try and figure out the WHY of the mental health issues in those communities, and try to address the issue at its source.

[@brockbaby]

Women tried to do that in the 1920s.

[@MyKharli]

Its shows the bollux of `community ` in all rural areas , the shops and bars are happy to sell to known problem people .