Framing Alaskans and Greenlanders on the Melting Arctic Ice

Authors

Neal T. Eason, University of Washington TacomaFollow

Author Biography

Neal Thomas Eason is 33 year old Communication Major at the University of Washington, Tacoma Campus. He prefers to be addressed by his middle name and uses He/Him. He has lived in Tacoma for most of his whole life with the exception of a year spent in Ruidoso New Mexico while a Sophomore in high school, and four years spend with the United States Marine Corps where he was deployed to Okinawa, Mt. Fuji, Hokkaido, Philippines, Korea, and Virginia. Not an exceptional K-12 student, but got his act together in the Marines.

Thomas took a year off to adjust to being a civilian again only doing part time work before enrolling at Tacoma Community College where he received an Associates Degree in Liberal Arts. COVID-19 Pandemic hit just after he graduated from TCC and spent the Pandemic out of school and taking care of his retired mother. In winter of 2025 Thomas enrolled at UWT with his transfer credits from TCC enrolling as a Junior with his general education already satisfied and focusing completely on his major at UWT.

Document Type

Undergraduate Research Paper

Abstract

The ice caps, glaciers, and sea ice of the Arctic are melting. Water levels are rising, CO₂ is escaping the permafrost, and wildlife is struggling to adapt amid die offs, but what about the people who live on the frontlines? I looked at the largest papers in Alaska and Greenland and found out there is more in common between the people at the top of the world than I expected. When your family can watch the glaciers disappearing year by year, there isn’t room for skepticism. The facts are the facts, and while there are no solutions to be found here, the people who make their homes in the Arctic are watching for the consequences of anthropogenic climate change as it reshapes the lands and the seas.

University

University of Washington Tacoma

Course

TCOM 310 A Wi 25: Environmental Issues And The Media: Money, Media and Power

Instructor

Dr. Ellen Moore

Recommended Citation

Eason, Neal T. (2025) "Framing Alaskans and Greenlanders on the Melting Arctic Ice," Access*: Interdisciplinary Journal of Student Research and Scholarship: Vol. 9: Iss. 2, Article 2.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.tacoma.uw.edu/access/vol9/iss2/2