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

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Laidler, Gita J., Ikummaq, Theo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2008
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Nunavut; Baffin Island; Canada; Igloolik; Foxe Basin; Fury; Melville Peninsula; Baffin; Fury and Hecla Strait; inuit; inuktitut; Polar Record; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247407007152; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247407007152

ABSTRACT Sea ice has been, and continues to be, an integral component of life in the Inuit community of Igloolik, Nunavut. Located on an island of the same name off the northeastern coast of Melville Peninsula, extensive ice formation occurs in Fury and Hecla Strait. This creates an important travel...