The people of Newtok, on the west coast of Alaska and about 400 miles south of the Bering Strait that separates the state from Russia, are living a slow-motion disaster that will end, very possibly within the next five years, with the entire village being washed away.
The Ninglick River coils around Newtok on three sides before emptying into the Bering Sea. It has steadily been eating away at the land, carrying off 100ft or more some years, in a process moving at unusual speed because of climate change. Eventually all of the villagers will have to leave, becoming America’s first climate change refugees.
Photographs: Brian Adams
Yukon river delta, Alaska.
Photograph by Jay Dickman
Following June hoax, Taco Bell air drops taco truck into Alaskan town
Last month, an unknown culprit posted fliers advertising a new Taco Bell location that would be opening in the relatively-small Alaskan town of Bethel. After a few weeks of speculation, the company responsible for managing Alaskan Taco Bell locations denied that the fast-food chain would be coming to town. In a surprising move, after senior executives got word of the prank, the company flew in a Taco Bell taco truck loaded with enough ingredients to make 10,000 Doritos Locos tacos. source
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