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A wrenching choice for Alaska towns in the path of climate change

By Erica Goode, The New York Times November 29, 2016
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SHAKTOOLIK, Alaska — In the dream, a storm came and Betsy Bekoalok watched the river rise on one side of the village and the ocean on the other, the water swallowing up the brightly colored houses, the fishing boats and the four-wheelers, the school and the clinic.

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