Log cabins sinking
Personal memory by Sheila B.
1948 CE - 2023 CE • Fortymile River, Alaska
The permafrost is melting as Alaska experiences limited change. The log cabins I knew as a child is sinking into the ground as the frozen earth which supports them thaws.
Memory submitted at One Life: Maya Lin, National Portrait Gallery, 2022
Image: Bureau of Land Management Alaska via Flickr, Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)
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