Alaskan Arctic villages hit hard by climate change

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Alaskan Arctic villages hit hard by climate change - The Washington Post

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By Juliet Eilperin, Published: August 6

POINT HOPE, Alaska — Fermented whale’s tail doesn’t taste the same when the ice cellars flood.

Whaling crews in this Arctic coast village store six feet of tail — skin, blubber and bone — underground from spring until fall. The tail freezes slowly while fermenting and taking on the flavor of the earth.