Ming Xiao, an engineering professor at Penn State University, stands on Aug. 3 by a piled-up sand berm used as a makeshift barrier to protect parts of Utqiagvik from storm-driven flooding.

Source: https://alaskapublic.org/2023/01/04/in-northernmost-alaska-a-battle-is-on-to-limit-the-damages-of-permafrost-thaw/