Aerial view of Shishmaref

This image is of the village of Shishmaref in N. Alaska, which has been inhabited for 400 years and is a small, low-lying island 400m wide and 4km long situated off the North-East coast of Alaska. Shishmaref is facing evacuation due to rising temperatures which are melting and destroying the protective barrier of sea ice…

  • Produced by:
    Lawrence Hislop
  • Year:
    01/02/2010

Aerial view of Shishmaref

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