When an "extra-tropical cyclone" bore down recently on the small village of Shaktoolik on the coast of Alaska, an area I've been researching for the past decade, I called the village coordinator. There was no time for pleasantries. "We need to get people out of here!" said Carole Sookiayak, as...

The Arctic sea alongside the village of Shaktoolik, Alaska, is angrier than it has ever been in the memory of those that live there. Climate change is to blame. I have to say, I'm angry as well, given our government's failure to pass legislation that would assist the people of...