Kivalina is an Inupiat community first reported as "Kivualinagmut" in 1847 by Lt. Lavrenty Zagoskin of the Imperial Russian Navy. It has long been a stopping place for travelers between Arctic coastal areas and Kotzebue Sound communities.

Nov 21, 2022 · As Merbok headed north, residents of Kivalina, an Inupiat village of about four hundred and fifty people situated on a fragile barrier island eighty-three miles north of the Arctic Circle,...

Kivalina is located between the Chukchi Sea and Kivalina River at the tip of an 8-mile barrier reef. Erosion and wind-driven ice have resulted in plans to relocate the village to a new site 2.5 miles away.

Two teenagers in Kivalina, Alaska, play near a skinned polar bear. Scientists predict Kivalina, an Alaskan village, will be the first casualty of climate change and sea rising in the U.S.

Jul 30, 2013 · The tiny Alaskan village of Kivalina is set to disappear under water within a decade. But Alaska has a complex relationship with climate change as it relies on oil revenue.

Sep 26, 2016 · ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Modern sewer and water facilities have long been the dream of the residents of the tiny barrier island community of Kivalina, which is fighting a battle between the warming...

Apr 28, 2023 · Kivalina, an Iñupiaq community of 500 people, has been dealing with climate-fueled erosion and flooding for decades. Nearly 20 years ago, it was one of four villages the …

Kivalina, also known as Kivaliniq in Inupiaq, is a traditional Iñupiat Eskimo village; subsistence activities, including whaling, provide most food sources. The population is currently about 398.

Feb 25, 2015 · Climate change is forcing an isolated Alaskan village, roughly 80 miles above the Arctic Circle, to relocate. The very existence of Kivalina, a town with about 400 residents on a tiny barrier...

Kivalina is a candid portrait of life 130 miles above the Arctic Circle of an Inupiaq Eskimo tribe living on an island disappearing into the ocean. Once a nomadic people, the film begins its telling a century after their ancestors were settled on the tiny island made of silt, sand, and permafrost.