In Utqiagvik, Inupiaq Class Feeds (and Intensifies) the ‘Hunger’ to Learn
![Overlooking the Arctic Ocean in Utqiagvik (Barrow)](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2014-06-29-barrow-013-crop-2432px-1200x800.jpg)
“This is what we need: we need our children, our future generations, to speak Inupiaq.”
Nonprofit Raises Awareness of Cancer Risks and Contaminants in the Bering Strait Region
![Last summer, residents of Gambell and Savoonga tested water samples for contaminants as part of an environmental health course led by Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT). Photo: Kristin Leffler, KNOM.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/2015-06-29-kristin-ACAT-gambell-005-2432px-1200x795.jpg)
Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT) was in Nome last week. The visit focused on one of the biggest toxic impacts in the Bering Strait: cancer.