Perceptions and implications of thawing permafrost and climate change in two Inupiaq villages of arctic Alaska

• Main Author: William B. Bowden
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2013
• Subjects: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > PERMAFROST; FIELD SURVEY; society; environment; Arctic; Climate change; Inupiaq; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A21R6N23J

Survey responses of residents of the arctic Inupiaq villages of Anaktuvuk Pass (n=39) and Selawik (n=41), Alaska. The survey elicited local knowledge, perceptions, and speculations about current and future implications of thawing permafrost and other aspects of climate change for ways of life in the...