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4 May 2018 / Bristol Bay Times / Paula Dobbyn
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Community takes steps to adapt to climate change

Port Heiden, Alaska, United States

Located on the Alaska Peninsula, 424 miles southwest of Anchorage, Port Heiden is a cluster of homes at the mouth of the Meshik River on the shores of Bristol Bay. It's a community on the frontline of climate change in Alaska, where temperatures are rising twice as fast as the global average.


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The road that connects Port Heiden and the old village, Meshik. Goldfish Lake is on the left. Bristol Bay is on the right. - Paula Dobbyn