Far North Feels Worst Effects of Warming

April 15, 2007 By BETH DUFF-BROWN, Associated Press Writer Far North Feels Worst Effects of Warming (AP)

In this handout photo released by the Will Steger Foundation, Will Steger prepares a tent during his trek with Inuit guides across Baffin Island, the northeastern corner of Nunavut, Canada, March 29, 2007. (AP Photo/Will Steger Foundation, Abby Fenton)

(AP) -- Inuit hunters are falling through thinning ice and dying. Dolphins are being spotted for the first time. There's not enough snow to build igloos for shelter during hunts.

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