Living by the Bering Sea

A villager enjoys a naturally occurring hot spring located near his cabin.  (KEVIN P. CASEY / LAT)

A few Salmon and a duck hang to dry in the sea air outside a cabin.  (KEVIN P. CASEY / LAT)

Three hunters push a dead walrus up to shore after killing the animal, which will be used for food.  (KEVIN P. CASEY / LAT)

Two boys joke around outside a house in the village of Yanrakynnot.  (KEVIN P. CASEY / LAT)

Igor Macotrik takes aim at a whale near his boat in the Bering Sea. The whale had been tracked by floats attached to harpoons.  (KEVIN P. CASEY / LAT)

Teacher Zoya Telpina, 38, and dogsled musher Michael Telpina at home in Yanrakynnot. The couple believes that there have been changes due to global warming.  (KEVIN P. CASEY / LAT)

A whale’s jaw bone sits on Yttygran Island near “Whalebone Alley,” an abandoned construction of a relatively large and organized civilization, with an amphitheater and 120 stone meat caches that still contain mummified whale meat. On the beach nearby is a stretch of 60 massive bowhead whale skulls arranged geometrically. Tall whale jawbones stand upright amidst them like sentries.  (KEVIN P. CASEY / LAT)

Two children play in the evening sun on a basketball court in the vilage of Yanrakynnot.  (KEVIN P. CASEY / LAT)