#chasingalaska: Documenting their world, one photo at a time in Shishmaref

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Photo by Makayla Nayokpuk, 10. Shishmaref tundra and old snow fence.

Chasing Alaska was a photo workshop in the western Alaska village of Shishmaref held on Aug. 11 and 12. The workshop, led by photojournalists Katie Orlinsky, Ash Adams and Brian Adams, was the first in a series of trainings that teach community members to photograph and document their environments, with specific focus on how climate change is affecting them. Shishmaref is on the northwest coast of Alaska, some 5 miles off the mainland on Sarichef Island.

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