ナショナルジオグラフィックさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ナショナルジオグラフィックInstagram)「Photo by @katieorlinsky | After 20 years of melting permafrost, residents of Newtok, a Yup'ik village of about 380 people, are finally moving to a new village named Mertarvik. Learn more about this fascinating community in transition in the @natgeo story out now (link in my bio @katieorlinsky), written by @craigwelch. On a summer bird hunt, four boys—from left, Kenyon Kassaiuli, Jonah Andy, Larry Charles, and Reese John—cross a flooded walkway. This is not the first time Newtok has had to relocate. In 1949 the Bureau for Indian Affairs (BIA) built schools in all Alaska native communities after decades of forcing children to leave home to attend boarding schools. The BIA chose the site that is now Newtok without input from the community. As early as 1994, the people of Newtok began planning to eventually relocate again due to erosion and flooding. The situation soon became urgent as a result of climate change and thawing permafrost. It has taken nearly 25 years for Newtok to finally receive the funding and support to complete the process. Still, moving is never easy. As a young writer from Newtok Martha Kasaiuli writes, "Our story is unfolding to a better ending, even if we don't want to leave this place."」12月26日 20時38分