Video: Savoonga residents describe changes in spring sea ice

By Marc Lester, Alaska Dispatch News - June 2, 2017
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Spring is walrus hunting season in Savoonga, on the northern coast of St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea. But this year, several village residents say the ice has disappeared from view much earlier than it used to. They talk about what they’ve noticed and how that affects the village.