you're listening to kotz 720 am. i'm wesley early with this news update.r temperatures were three degrees warmer on average this year. that's on top of a record spring that was six degrees warmer than the previous record~ _ those high temperatures mean warmer waters in the kotzebue sound, and that could mean changes to winter subsistence hunts. in the winter... radio fades out. i've always loved being outside with my dad, and just hunting and trapping and fishing. you know, once you're out there, you kind of feel super insignificant, which maybe a lot of people wouldn't like to feel. you're kind of at the lands mercy and the weather's mercy, and the animals' mercy then. my dad, he was blessed with three girls at first, and typically it's the guys who go out hunting. you know, he had to kind of work with what he had. when i was younger, i didn't want to be, like, native, you know? um, like, i have some lighter—skinned friends and i kind of wanted to be lighter—skinned, lighter skin—toned. but now, like, it's so celebrated. hunting and fishing and living a s