Teenager Sues Alaska for Failing to Protect His Melting Home – Truthdig : An 18-year-old Yup’ik Eskimo who could lose his home to melting tundra is suing the state of Alaska for failing to take action on climate change. Ice flowing down the Kugkaktlik River in the springtime—a highway that provides access to the nearest towns—is carving away at the bank on which Nelson Kanuk’s home sits because the ground is increasingly soft due to thawing permafrost.