Newsletterselkinshome/Flickr 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.
Newsletterscontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com 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.
