Vulnerability to climate change in Igloolik, Nunavut: what we can learn from the past and present

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Ford, James D., Smit, Barry, Wandel, Johanna, MacDonald, John
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2006
• Subjects: Arctic; Nunavut; Igloolik; Climate change; inuit; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247406005122; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247406005122

Significant and rapid climate change is predicted for Arctic regions. These changes are expected to have implications for indigenous communities. This paper argues that the starting point to understand how future climate change may affect communities is analysis of past and present experience of, an...