and if it forms later in the fall then itting agreg yates on the coast for longer periods of time. >>t's not good for us. we're used to ice out there hunting the whale. >> reporter: for the people of kaktovik their way of life is at risk as well. >> this is the road i grew up on, the main road. >> reporter: marie rexford is a witness to the changes wrought by rising temperatures. >> good attraction for all the tourists. to us they're a nuisance. they can smell your good food anywhere. they have broken down our door to our cellars. >> reporter: for centuries residents stored the whales they hunted in the permafrost, a natural underground freezer. >> most of the ice cellars filled up with water, and it's hard to keep them going. >> you used to have natural ice cellars. >> yeah. >> that have now melted? >> they washed out. erosion got all of them. they're all gone. >> and now you've got containers. >> reporter: relying on the earth for sustenance is something the people of kaktovik need to do because even though there is a grocery store here that doesn't mean groceries are accessible for