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Supporting regional ocean economies and ecosystems

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  • 86 percent of people in the U.S Arctic, which includes territory north of the Arctic Circle as well as the Bering Sea and part of the Aleutian Islands, live along the coast.
  • Indigenous peoples of Alaska include at least 20 language groups and several hundred villages and tribal groups.
  • The Alaskan Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the United States. Higher temperatures have caused sea ice to shrink 13 percent per decade since 1978.
Arctic Council

U.S. leadership on the Arctic Council

Arctic

Remote Arctic exploration offers promise for fisheries

Icebreakers in the Arctic

Closing the icebreaker gap

Dutch Harbor, Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Commercial fishing supports the Aleutian economy

Shishmaref, AK has voted to relocate to avoid rising seas.

Arctic town votes to relocate to avoid rising seas

walrus

Melting sea ice is changing the Arctic

arctic lighthouse

Arctic climate change impacts the continental United States

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