For inhabitants of the Arctic, global warming is more than just a scientific debate about a distant threat. it is an everyday reality. The ice is getting thinner and animals that form an integral part of the local diet are moving farther north. The ground, once permanently frozen, is beginning to melt, causing major damage to house and roads John Chugiak, an environmental campaigner from Bank Island in the for north of Canada, wants the world to wake up to the problem "Our traditional lifestyle has already changed due to global warming, "he says," and it going to change a lot more. My people aren't going to be able to
hunt and fish much longer, and our houses are going to fall down Soon people will star leaving for the big cities and our town may even die. Our whole way of life might be lost.