The water rises, the island gets smaller. A move for the 600 residents of Shishmaref in the US state of Alaska seems inevitable due to climate change. They also voted twice for a move. But it remains: too expensive. In addition, the residents fear that the traditions and customs of the Inupiaq, a tribe of the Inuit, will be lost. And so they continue to live there for the time being, despite the threat of rising water.
Shishmaref disappears into the sea, yet people continue to live there
