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These species are being effected. >> absolutely, the polar bears, which are the iconic species of the island need sea ice to hunt seals, and if they don't have that, they look for something else to eat, which they're not adapted to do. >> we heard almost 200 rain dear died because of not enough snow in the arctic. >> and the other problem is it rains in the winter. you get snow and then it rains and you get ice and reindeer can't get through the ice to get food. >> going back to the polar bears when they can't find seals, we noticed being here in town today, anyone going out from a walk seems ...

Bill passed. >> reporter: december's tax cut bill also opened the arctic refuge to drilling and the government is now moving fast to lease 800,000 acres on this pristine coastal plain. this is where the last great caribou herds give birth, place brimming with life and beauty, made all the more fragile by a staggering rise in arctic temperature. >> do you believe in climate change? do you think it exists is this. >> there is a cooling and there is a heating. >> if the ice caps were going to be gone they would be gone by now but now they're setting records. >> reporter: i that's the exact opposi...

Ice here seen in white. that's why they are wandering into town. they need ice to hunt seals, and without it, whale scraps are the next best thing. but skinny, hungry polar bears are not the only warning sign that is the kaktovik airport, and they're moving it away from the coast as the sea level rises. they're seeing storms in the winter and blizzards in the summer, but at the same time all the modern creature comforts in this town from the clinic to the school were paid for with oil money. and with the promise of fresh millions for their native corporation, most of the folks here are eager t...