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Western Arctic Caribou Herd shrinking
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Western Arctic Caribou Herd shrank more in 2022, hurting Northwest Arctic subsistence hunters

Biologists struggle to single out a leading cause of the caribou population’s decline. “It’s going to be another rough winter again this year without caribou,” Selawik resident Norma Ballot said.
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Western Alaska sea ice at lowest extent in 150 years, says NWS scientist

Ice off Western Alaska this spring was its lowest on records dating back to 1850, said Rick Thoman with the National Weather Service.
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