Kotzebue Sound

Rising water levels farther north, in the Chukchi Sea and Kotzebue Sound areas would persist into Sunday.

Coastal flood warnings were in place starting Saturday morning for the Kotzebue Sound and the Chukchi Sea coast.

Sea ice is a platform from which to catch crab or cod in Nome, a transportation corridor between villages in Kotzebue Sound and a work station on which to butcher walrus near Gambell.

As Gallahorn takes his boat into the Kotzebue Sound in the fall and spring, he watches the edges of floating ice.

He also viewed a sea wall on Kotzebue Sound that was built to protect the village from storm surges that have become more powerful and destructive as sea ice has melted.