1614 Iñupiaq Knowledge of Nanuq in the Southern Beaufort Sea

• Main Author: Hannah Voorhees
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Research Workspace 2019
• Subjects: CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > ALASKA; OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > BEAUFORT SEA; Ursus maritimus; ours blanc, Polar Bear; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > USE/FEEDING HABITATS; climate change; polar bears; North Slope Borough; indigenous knowledge; nanuq; inupiaq; traditional ecological knowledge; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Beaufort Sea; Climate change; Inupiaq; north slope; ours blanc; Sea ice; Alaska
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/10.24431_rw1k5bb_20211214T231130Z

This data represents the words of local experts from Wainwright, Utqiaġvik, Nuiqsut, and Kaktovik. Indigenous knowledge provides insights on the responses of polar bears to sea ice loss. However, Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) for the southern Beaufort Sea subpopulation has not been document...