As Arctic shipping traffic increases, Nome grapples with its future. 'It's like a highway going right past us'
Residents wonder if a proposed port expansion will help or hinder efforts to address chronic social problems
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Residents wonder if a proposed port expansion will help or hinder efforts to address chronic social problems
Large industrial ships can travel through the Arctic waters by Nome faster — shaving days off transit times that would otherwise take them through the Panama Canal.
By 2050, ships traveling through the Arctic’s Northwest Passage may not need an icebreaker to escort them for the journey. In Nome, residents are wondering whether a new port will help or hinder efforts to address a myriad of chronic social problems. Some are also concerned that an onslaught of industrial marine traffic may impact Indigenous people, who have thrived along the coastline here for generations.