A climate-threatened Alaska village gets an expanded medical clinic — that can move when the village relocates

When Kivalina is ready to relocate to higher ground, the new clinic will be portable enough to make the move, too.

By Yereth Rosen July 12, 2018
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A rapidly eroding Arctic Alaska village is expanding its medical clinic — and also ensuring that the structure will be portable enough to move to a new site, should the village follow through with plans to relocate to safer ground.

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