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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5214/C.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Mayor Fighting for Seals in Alaska' data-article-id='5797'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11438'>Fifty years ago, Patrick Pletnikoff spent his summers cutting fat off dead seals during Alaska’s yearly harvest. </span> <span data-start-time='11438' data-end-time='19625'>He competed with other young men to show who had the fastest knife.</span> <span data-start-time='19625' data-end-time='26563'>Today, he is fighting to protect the small remaining population of seals. </span> <span data-start-time='26563' data-end-time='34188'>He is hoping to create Alaska’s first marine sanctuary in the nearby waters. </span> <span data-start-time='34188' data-end-time='45771'>The creation of a protected area would give native people the power to limit fishing of the seals’ prey the fish the seals eat.</span> <span data-start-time='45771' data-end-time='58917'>Commercial seal hunting was once the economic driver of St. George, a small island far from the Alaskan mainland. </span> <span data-start-time='58917' data-end-time='69938'>But the native Unangan community has struggled to find a new trade in the years since hunting seals was banned. </span> <span data-start-time='69938' data-end-time='74750'>There are now less than 60 people left on the island.</span> <span data-start-time='74750' data-end-time='79542'>Pletnikoff is 73 years old. </span> <span data-start-time='79542' data-end-time='83500'>He is the island’s long-serving mayor. </span> <span data-start-time='83500' data-end-time='91979'>He has spent years pushing the federal government to add St. George as a U.S. marine sanctuary. </span> <span data-start-time='91979' data-end-time='108667'>He hopes such an act would start a new "conservation economy" on the island, one that is based on environmental tourism, scientific research and responsible fishing.</span> <span data-start-time='108667' data-end-time='114604'>It could be a new beginning, Pletnikoff said of his plan for the island. </span> <span data-start-time='114604' data-end-time='127167'>St. George and nearby St. Paul are sometimes called the Galapagos of the north for their rich wildlife in the northern Pacific.</span> <span data-start-time='127167' data-end-time='136083'>Pletnikoff said he has a responsibility “to our environment and the animal kingdom as well.</span> <span data-start-time='136083' data-end-time='144563'>Generations of Unangan people worked in hard conditions in the seal trade. </span> <span data-start-time='144563' data-end-time='151896'>The trade was first run Russian explorers and then the U.S. government. </span> <span data-start-time='151896' data-end-time='163063'>But now the U.S. government is aiming to give local people more power over their land and water - including powers to control fishing.</span> <span data-start-time='163063' data-end-time='173958'>U.S. President Joe Biden has promised to expand ocean protections as part of his efforts to fight climate change.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5214/C.jpeg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=17827 data-hint-location='26563' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5214/what_is_a_sanctuary.wav'>What is a sanctuary?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a place of refuge or safety'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5214/the_floor_of_a_building_which_is_partly_or_entirely_below_ground_level.wav'><span>the floor of a building which is partly or entirely below ground level</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5214/an_area_of_open_land_especially_one_planted_with_crops_or_pasture.wav'><span>an area of open land, especially one planted with crops or pasture</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5214/a_place_of_refuge_or_safety.wav'><span>a place of refuge or safety</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5214/a_deep_wide_ditch_surrounding_a_castle_fort_or_town_typically_filled_with_water.wav'><span>a deep, wide ditch surrounding a castle, fort, or town, typically filled with water</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=17828 data-hint-location='45771' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5214/in_which_state_is_the_island_of_st_george.wav'>In which state is the island of St. George?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Alaska'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5214/maine.wav'><span>Maine</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5214/alaska.wav'><span>Alaska</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5214/california.wav'><span>California</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5214/texas.wav'><span>Texas</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=17829 data-hint-location='163063' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5214/us_president_joe_biden_has_promised_to_expand_ocean_protections_as_part_of_his_efforts_to_fight__blank_.wav'>U.S. President Joe Biden has promised to expand ocean protections as part of his efforts to fight <span class='blank'>climate change</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='climate change'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5214/bears.wav'><span>bears</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5214/hunger.wav'><span>hunger</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5214/climate_change.wav'><span>climate change</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5214/fires.wav'><span>fires</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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