Human geographies of sea ice: freeze/thaw processes around Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Laidler, Gita J., Elee, Pootoogoo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2008
• Subjects: Nunavut; Hudson Bay; Baffin Island; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Cape Dorset; Baffin; inuit; inuktitut; Polar Record; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247407007061; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247407007061

ABSTRACT Sea ice has been, and continues to be, an integral component of life in the Inuit community of Cape Dorset, Nunavut. Located on an island of the same name off the southwestern coast of Baffin Island, the strong Hudson Strait currents prevent extensive ice formation around the community. Nev...