A Yupik child stands on a wooden walkway used to help cross unstable ground, on June 30, 2015, in Newtok, Alaska. #

The village of Newtok, connected by a network of boardwalks, seen from a plane on June 29, 2015. #

Yupik children play in Newtok during summer vacation on June 30, 2015. #

Children run on wooden sidewalks—created so people don’t sink into the melting permafrost—on July 5, 2015, in Newtok. #

Newtok homes situated among swampy ground, ponds, and tall grass on July 3, 2015. #

Erosion on the shore of the Ninglick River in Newtok, photographed on July 3, 2015. #

Buildings sit in newly established Mertarvik, the future location of Newtok village, photographed on July 2, 2015, nine miles from the present town site. #

Newtok residents check out the future location of their village on July 2, 2015. #

Jamin Tom takes his family to see his parents by way of a four-wheeler with a trailer attached on July 3, 2015, in Newtok. #

A Yupik girl rides her bike late in the evening on July 3, 2015, in Newtok. #

A puppy sits next to a walrus skull and a chainsaw in Newtok on July 3, 2015. #

A destroyed snow machine sits in the grass in Newtok on July 3, 2015. #

A Yupik family eats a meal of salmon that is half-dried, then smoked and boiled, in Newtok on July 3, 2015. #

Jamin Tom attempts to ride his snow machine across a pond in Newtok on June 30, 2015. #

Yupik children help recover a snow machine, which sank when its owner attempted to drive across a pond, on June 30, 2015, in Newtok. #

Yupik children play on their tablets in a one-room house in Newtok on July 3, 2015. #

Samuel John watches as his father, Joseph John Jr., gets soaked driving their boat while salmon fishing on July 1, 2015, in Newtok. #

Samuel John sits at the bow of his father’s boat while heading out to go salmon fishing on July 1, 2015. #

Joseph John Jr. relaxes with his son, Samuel John, age 8, while waiting for the tide to come in after a day of salmon fishing on July 1, 2015. #

Joseph John Jr. hauls in nets while salmon fishing on July 1, 2015 near Newtok. #

A Yupik woman prepares freshly caught salmon for curing on June 30, 2015, in Newtok. #

Strips of freshly caught salmon hang to dry on June 30, 2015, in Newtok. #

Boys play next to the freshwater-storage tank, one of the only places to get fresh water in Newtok, on July 5, 2015. #

The body of Nancy Beaver is viewed by Newtok villagers on July 5, 2015. #

Yupik children play during summer vacation in Newtok on June 30, 2015. #

Nathan Tom plays drums in his shed in Newtok on July 3, 2015. #

Noah Carl plays with guns while hanging out at his friend’s house in Newtok on July 3, 2015. #

A child rests on a piece of machinery during Fourth of July celebrations on July 4, 2015, in Newtok. #

Robert Page tracks a musk ox during a hunting expedition on Nelson Island on July 2, 2015, near Newtok, Alaska. #

Eddie Lopez hunts for duck on Nelson Island on July 2, 2015. #

Polo the dog eats a freshly killed beaver during a hunting expedition on Nelson Island on July 2, 2015, near Newtok. #

Eddie Lopez and Robert Page cook duck over a fire during a hunting trip on Nelson Island on July 2, 2015. #

People walk on the raised wooden sidewalks of Newtok on July 5, 2015. #

Yupik children play in the grass late in the evening on July 3, 2015, in Newtok, Alaska. #