Observations of social and environmental change on Kendall Island (Ukiivik), a traditional whaling camp in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Ovitz, Kimberly L., Matari, Kathleen G.A., O'Hara, Shannon, Esagok, Douglas, Loseto, Lisa L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2024
• Subjects: Arctic; Kendall; Kendall Island; Ukiivik; Beaufort Sea; Climate change; Human health; Inuvialuit
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/as-2022-0016; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/as-2022-0016; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/as-2022-0016

As climate change intensifies, Inuvialuit in Canada's Western Arctic are facing a rapidly changing environment and associated impacts on human health, safety, and food security. Learning to cope with these changes requires context-based and current information that can inform subsistence activi...