Alaskan Native Elders Tell Their Climate Change Story | After the Ice

Indigenous hunter and fisherman Jerry Ivanoff ventures from his home in Unalakleet, Alaska, to Nome to meet elders from other villages. In a major government report, they document radical changes in climate.

In the After the Ice series, elders from villages in the Bering Sea region of Alaska share with Terra their observations of their melting world, how they’re adapting, and their vision for an uncertain future.

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[Snowstar]

It's tragic that, since most people are so distanced from these areas and communities, they disregard the warning signs. Losing our sea ice affects the whole planet, not just the places near the poles.

[dudepool]

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Wow, dude looks like one of the elders of my tribe, though it's the opposite coast. Bumped into him this morning, always good to see him doing well.

[ianianianianian]

genuinely, thank you for this video and for every participant’s perspective. may we cause a change before it’s too late. from colonization to environmental destruction, the toll is unconscionable

[AniFam]

The Alaskan Native elders’ concerns about the future generations are significant. I’m glad that (some) scientists listen to the indigenous people, and I hope it is not too late to recover the environments…✨🌎💜
Thank you for sharing this video with many important issues! 👍
🔆AniFam〽️

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It’s so sad seeing how much an impact climate change has had on the Arctic. As a 19 year old who grew up in Colorado, I’ve definitely noticed changes in our climate. I hope that people will come together for our planet and halt the worst effects of climate change before it’s too late. I would love to be able to ski with my children someday and teach them how to like my dad did with us when I was 3. I wish people would recognize the severity of climate change and its impacts, especially for those who depend on the cold weather.

[crowlsyong]

This channel needs more attention. You're helping shed light on, in my opinion, the most important issues in the world.

[thefreshest]

Can you make a playlist of the After the Ice vids?

[fergalfarrelly]

Finally some native voices are being heard.

[lamegoldfish]

These are the people we need to listen too.

[channel.]

I grew up in the gulf of Alaska, this breaks my heart :(

[sarge]

We need to listen to our Native Americans who were grounded to earth. I grew up with the Siletz Tribe in Oregon and they respected Mother Nature. Greed will kill us all. Disgusting.

[RayT]

"I feel very positive that our voices are finally being heard"

I wonder what he expects the scientists to do about it. When was the last time a politician listened to a scientist about protecting the environment?

[trouthuntingni]

Good to see the real experts getting a voice

[matthewmann]

Note when I say Eskimo it is a blanket term for both Inuits And Yupiks it is not meant to be in a derogatory manner like how many rival Aleuts, Amerindians, Europeans, Alaskan Creoles also known as Metis also known as Mestizos also known as Mixed Bloods used to use in the past and some still even to the present and some may use it in the future in that context or and concepts

[andydutton]

I never knew there was an arctic report card.

[riannevanrossum]

Nobody on earth is só old to know how many times the earth has heated and cooled down

[obes]

Indigenious Nations will help Mitigate Climate Change

[sirdante]

So the commercial hunter/fishermen that only "hunt and fish to put food on the table" are complaining that all the game and fish are disappearing? How about you STOP SELLING ALL THE FOOD???

The only reason the fish and animals are disappearing is precisely BECAUSE OF commercial hunters and fishers. The general populace has daily bag limits on what they can kill for themselves. These "commercial" people hunt and fish all day long catching 10x-100x a single bag limit every day and sell it all off to markets. They wipe out the local wildlife population, and now they've got the audacity to complain that it's other people's "climate change" that's causing the problems? Bullshit.

[commonsense]

Ice melted during the Medieval Warm Period. Then advanced during the Little Ice Age. There were no gasoline cars back then.

[k.k]

Scientists and people who care have been saying the climate is changing and there are a significant consequences for so long but still there's no serious response from the people in charge