When fracking came to Wesley Silva's neighborhood, the drilling rattled homes and gas flaring turned the night sky orange. But it was the smell that worried him most.
Leaving the central Arctic is a special kind of bittersweet. For many travelers, there's a good chance they'll never visit again. And for those who do, the region could look dramatically different the next time they see it.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) visited a string of Arctic villages for the first time last month. Residents told her their way of life is being changed by rising temperatures.
In this prairie city, where the Sangre de Cristo Mountains rise to meet the parched expanse of the Southern Plains, blue-collar workers whose grandfathers toiled for generations in steel mills are making wind turbines and installing solar panels.
