Tennis - U.S. Open - Flushing Meadows, New York, United States - August 25, 2023, Jessica Pegula of the U.S. is kissed by service dog Ace, a Labrador retriever with K9s For Warriors that Pegula sponsors, during a press conference ahead of the 2023 the U.S. Open Tennis Championships. REUTERS/Mike Segar 

Tennis - U.S. Open - Flushing Meadows, New York, United States - August 25, 2023, Jessica Pegula of the U.S. is kissed by service dog Ace, a Labrador retriever with K9s For Warriors that Pegula sponsors, during a press conference ahead of the 2023 the U.S. Open Tennis Championships. REUTERS/Mike Segar 

Tennis - U.S. Open - Flushing Meadows, New York, United States - August 25, 2023, Jessica Pegula of the U.S. sits with service dog Ace, a Labrador retriever with K9s For Warriors that Pegula sponsors, during a press conference ahead of the 2023 the U.S. Open Tennis Championships. REUTERS/Mike Segar 

Brody, a Labrador, is petted by care home residents Veronica Jenkinson and Sue Fullard during a dog show at Rokewood Court Care Home in Kenley, Britain, July 29, 2023. REUTERS/Hollie Adams 

The sun rises as the search for the missing OceanGate Expeditions submersible, which is carrying five people to explore the wreck of the sunken Titanic, enters its final hours, over St. John?s Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, June 22, 2023. REUTERS/Eric Cox 

The sun rises as the search for the missing OceanGate Expeditions submersible, which is carrying five people to explore the wreck of the sunken Titanic, enters its final hours, over St. John?s Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, June 22, 2023. REUTERS/Eric Cox 

The sun rises as the search for the missing OceanGate Expeditions submersible, which is carrying five people to explore the wreck of the sunken Titanic, enters its final hours, over St. John?s Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, June 22, 2023. REUTERS/Eric Cox 

Canada's Newfoundland and Labrador province promotes its offshore oil and gas business to attendees at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas, U.S., May 2, 2023. REUTERS/Arathy Somasekhar 

A young girl and her Labrador Retriever attend the first day of the Crufts dog show in Birmingham, Britain, March 9, 2023. REUTERS/Molly Darlington 

Bess, a two year old Labrador trained by British police, and who will be flown to Thailand to help crack down on the smuggling of critically endangered pangolins, according to the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), looks on, in London, Britain, February 28, 2023. REUTERS/Gerhard Mey 

View of Buster and Bess, two year old Labradors trained by British police, who will be flown to Thailand to help crack down on the smuggling of critically endangered pangolins, according to the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), in London, Britain, February 28, 2023. REUTERS/Gerhard Mey 

View of Buster and Bess, two year old Labradors trained by British police, who will be flown to Thailand to help crack down on the smuggling of critically endangered pangolins, according to the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), in London, Britain, February 28, 2023. REUTERS/Gerhard Mey 

View of Buster and Bess, two year old Labradors trained by British police, who will be flown to Thailand to help crack down on the smuggling of critically endangered pangolins, according to the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), in London, Britain, February 28, 2023. REUTERS/Gerhard Mey 

Buster, a two year old Labrador trained by British police, and who will be flown to Thailand to help crack down on the smuggling of critically endangered pangolins, according to the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), sniffs a log, in London, Britain, February 28, 2023. REUTERS/Gerhard Mey 

Bess, a two year old Labrador trained by British police, and who will be flown to Thailand to help crack down on the smuggling of critically endangered pangolins, according to the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), looks on, in London, Britain, February 28, 2023. REUTERS/Gerhard Mey 

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey arrives to a meeting as Provincial and Territorial premiers gather to discuss healthcare in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Blair Gable 

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey arrives to a meeting as Provincial and Territorial premiers gather to discuss healthcare in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Blair Gable 

Luna, a Labrador Retriever, is greeted during the American Kennel Club's (AKC) Meet the Breeds event in New York City, U.S., January 29, 2023. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon 

Hiden, a Labrador Retriever, is greeted during the American Kennel Club's (AKC) Meet the Breeds event in New York City, U.S., January 29, 2023. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon 

Rex Holwell, 47, poses for a photograph near a SmartBUOY, in Taktok, Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 13, 2022. The buoy is filled with thermistors, which can be used to measure temperature and calculate sea ice thickness as part of the SmartICE program, which gives northern communities real-time measurements of sea thickness along their ice "highways" through a website, downloadable phone app or Facebook. "We have to adapt to climate change," Holwell says. "We're going to need more tools like SmartICE." REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

The sea ice is everything to the people who live in Nain. The tiny town on the Newfoundland and Labrador coast is on the frontline of climate change. As the sea ice melts, the Inuit are racing to adapt. Rex Holwell has spent his life on the sea ice that forms each winter off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. Like other Inuit, he learned to hunt seals and fish from his father and other men. They would skim over the sea ice, first on dog sleds and then, by the time Holwell started accompanying them, on gasoline-powered skidoos. Holwell wants this life ? and freedom ? for his children. REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A Royal Newfoundland Constabulary police vehicle is seen in front of a home in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, September 22, 2022. REUTERS/John Morris 

A Royal Newfoundland Constabulary police officer stands behind a house on Greeleytown Road in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, September 22, 2022. REUTERS/John Morris 

Police tape surrounds the front of a home in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, September 22, 2022. REUTERS/John Morris 

A Royal Newfoundland Constabulary police vehicle is seen in the drive way of a house on Greeleytown Road in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, September 22, 2022. REUTERS/John Morris 

A Royal Newfoundland Constabulary officer works on an active investigation involving three shootings in Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada September 22, 2022. REUTERS/John Morris 

A damaged Royal Newfoundland Constabulary vehicle is seen on St. Thomas Line in Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada September 22, 2022. REUTERS/John Morris 

A Royal Newfoundland Constabulary officer speaks with an individual in the back of a police vehicle in Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada September 22, 2022. REUTERS/John Morris 

Royal Newfoundland Constabulary officers speak with a local individual after police took suspects into custody in Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada September 22, 2022. REUTERS/John Morris 

Royal Newfoundland Constabulary officers stand near a damaged police vehicle after an emergency alert went out for an active criminal threat in Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, September 22, 2022. REUTERS/John Morris 

A Royal Newfoundland Constabulary officer walks towards a damaged police vehicle after an emergency alert went out for an active criminal threat in Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, September 22, 2022. REUTERS/John Morris 

Ronald Webb, 65, chats to his great-nephew Bane Hewlett, 7, at his home in Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 24, 2022. The sea ice used to be 5-7 feet (1.5 to 2.1 meters) thick, hard, and covered with a thick layer of snow, now it's 3-4 feet thick and soft. "Years ago you wouldn't have that. That's kind of scary because even though the thickness is there, the hardness is not", he says. REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

People unload parcels from a Twin Otter aircraft before passengers board to fly to Happy Valley-Goose Bay, at the Nain airport, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 24, 2022. REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Snowden Pijogge, 22, poses for a portrait in the early morning, in Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 23, 2022. Pijogge was one of the youth centre members who participated in last summer's SmartICE training cohort. REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Josephine Jararuse, 15, holds a snowbird in her backyard, in Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 22, 2022. REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A bird flies by the 251-year-old Moravian Church in Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 21, 2022. REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Rex Holwell, 47, rides a skidoo during a weekly SmartKAMUTIK run towards Nain Bay, a popular fishing spot for community members in Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 21, 2022. The SmartKAMUTIK uses electromagnetic sensors to measure the sea ice thickness and give northern communities real-time measurements of sea thickness along their ice "highways" through a website, downloadable phone app or Facebook. "We're the first people to be seeing the effects of climate change, but on the flip side, we're the people who have the least to do with it", says Holwell. "We have to adapt." REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Rex Holwell, 47, checks Siku, an app used to share the sea ice thickness with community members, to make sure the data recorded during his SmartKAMUTIK run was uploaded correctly, in Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 21, 2022. The SmartKAMUTIK uses electromagnetic sensors to measure the sea ice thickness and give northern communities real-time measurements of sea thickness along their ice "highways" through a website, downloadable phone app or Facebook. "We're the first people to be seeing the effects of climate change, but on the flip side, we're the people who have the least to do with it," says Holwell. "We have to adapt." REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

George Metcalfe speaks to a traveler outside the cabin where he works, on the outskirts of Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 21, 2022. Four times a year, an ice breaker ship travels to the Voisey's Bay mine to bring supplies and Metcalfe is stationed just outside of Nain along the route until the ice freezes over and is no longer a safety concern. REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Rex Holwell, 47, monitors the data being recorded during a SmartKAMUTIK run towards Nain Bay, a popular fishing spot for community members, in Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 21, 2022. These runs, which use electromagnetic sensors to measure the sea ice thickness, is the second of two parts of the SmartICE program, designed to give northern communities real-time measurements of sea thickness along their ice "highways" through a website, downloadable phone app or Facebook. "We have to adapt to climate change", Holwell says. "We're going to need more tools like SmartICE." REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Ama Harris, 24, participates in an arm wrestling competition during the adult Inuit games at the Jeremias Sillitt Community Centre in Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 20, 2022. The adult Inuit games are part of the Easter Games, an annual week-long event held in Nain that brings the community together to participate in a variety of games for adults and children, including skidoo races, target shooting matches, snowshoe races, log-carrying races, among many others. REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Katie Winters, 54, scores Arctic char to make pitsik (dried fish), while her grandson, Tony Tshakapesh, 1, watches her, at her home in Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 20, 2022. Winters helped translate the Inuit land claim agreement in Labrador. "Once a person is connected to the land, you will never, ever take it away from them," she says. "I wish things would go back to the way that they used to be, but I don't think we'll ever see that." REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Katie Winters, 54, scores Arctic char to make pitsik (dried fish), at her home in Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 20, 2022. Winters helped translate the Inuit land claim agreement in Labrador. "Once a person is connected to the land, you will never, ever take it away from them," she says. "I wish things would go back to the way that they used to be, but I don't think we'll ever see that." REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Hazel Lidd, 6, and her sister, Darcel Noah, 13, attend the adult Inuit games at the Jeremias Sillitt Community Centre in Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 20, 2022. The adult Inuit games are part of the Easter Games, an annual week-long event held in Nain that brings the community together to participate in a variety of games for adults and children, including skidoo races, target shooting matches, snowshoe races, log-carrying races, among many others. REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Serenity Ivany, 14, competes in a snowshoe race during the Easter Games, in Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 19, 2022. The Easter Games is an annual week-long event held in Nain that brings the community together to participate in a variety of games for adults and children, including skidoo races, target shooting matches, snowshoe races, log-carrying races, among many others. REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Darcel Noah, 13, catches a fish during an outing organised by the local youth centre, outside of Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 19, 2022. "I learn how to cut fish and cook it, and how to catch birds," she says. REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Quinn Palliser, 22, a youth outreach coordinator, organises a fishing trip and boil up for the local youth centre, outside of Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 19, 2022. REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Nain's community members gather to watch and participate in the Easter Games, at the harbour in Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 19, 2022. The Easter Games is an annual week-long event held in Nain that brings the community together to participate in a variety of games for adults and children, including skidoo races, target shooting matches, snowshoe races, log-carrying races, among many others. REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

An Arctic char lies on the ice after being caught at Anaktalak, a popular fishing spot outside of Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 18, 2022. REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

The sun rises over the Nuvutannak mountain, at the harbour in Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 18, 2022. REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Katie Winters, 54, and her husband, Sonny Winters, 64, fish for Arctic char at Anaktalak, a popular fishing spot outside of Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 18, 2022. Katie helped translate the Inuit land claim agreement in Labrador. "Once a person is connected to the land, you will never, ever take it away from them", she says. "I wish things would go back to the way that they used to be, but I don't think we'll ever see that". REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Darlene Holwell and Simeonie Merkuratsuk play the trumpet and baritone during the sunrise church service on Easter Sunday, in Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 17, 2022. REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A ray of sunlight cuts through the clouds on the snow-covered mountains surrounding Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 17, 2022. REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Snow covers the mountains surrounding Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 17, 2022. REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A layer of water forms on top of the ice after a sunny day, at the harbour in Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 17, 2022. REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Harry Green delivers a church service as a lay minister in the 251 year-old Moravian Church in Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 16, 2022. REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Katie Winters, 54, knits traditional hats for Easter while her husband Sonny Winters, 64, and her grandson Tony Tsakapesh, 1, watch her, at their home in Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 15, 2022. Katie helped translate the Inuit land claim agreement in Labrador. "Once a person is connected to the land, you will never, ever take it away from them", she says. "I wish things would go back to the way that they used to be, but I don't think we'll ever see that". REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Mary Andersen, 75, walks towards church on Good Friday, in Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, April 15, 2022. REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Ama Harris, 24, holds his son, Tony Tshakapesh, 1, at his family's home in Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 15, 2022. REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Simon Kohlmeister's dog stands in the snow, in Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 15, 2022. Kohlmeister is one of the last people in Nain to keep sled dogs. "When the dogs are running, you can feel everything", says Simon's brother Isaac Kohlmeister. "You can feel the fish under the ice, even". REUTERS/Melissa Renwick SEARCH "RENWICK SMARTICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.