Kawerak's Ice Seal and Walrus Project

• Main Author: NSF Arctic Data Center
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2015
• Subjects: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT; EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > INFRASTRUCTURE > CULTURAL FEATURES; EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS; OTHER; society; oceans; Bering Sea; Bering Strait; Pacific; Oceana; Nome; Alaska; walrus*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A2CG6P

The data for this project is contained in digitally recorded interviews, interview transcripts, photographs and spatial GIS data. All data is stored at the offices of Kawerak, Inc. in Nome, Alaska, USA. Publications associated with this data include: Gadamus, L. and J. Raymond-Yakoubian 2015 Qualitative participatory mapping of seal and walrus harvest and habitat areas: Documenting indigenous knowledge, preserving local values, and discouraging misuse. International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research 6(1): 76-93. Oceana and Kawerak, Inc. 2014 Bering Strait Marine Life and Subsistence Data Synthesis. Oceana, Juneau, Alaska. Kawerak, Inc. 2013 Seal and Walrus Harvest and Habitat Areas for Nine Bering Strait Region Communities. Kawerak Social Science Program. Nome, Alaska. Gadamus, Lily 2013 Linkages between human health and ocean health: a participatory climate change vulnerability assessment for marine mammal harvesters. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 72. Kawerak, Inc. 2013 Seal and Walrus Hunting Safety: Traditional Knowledge from Kawerak's Ice Seal and Walrus Project. Kawerak Social Science Program. Nome, Alaska. Kawerak, Inc. 2013 Traditions of Respect: Traditional Knowledge from Kawerak's Ice Seal and Walrus Project. Kawerak Social Science Program. Nome, Alaska. Kawerak, Inc. 2014 Policy-based Recommendations from Kawerak's Ice Seal and Walrus Project. Kawerak Social Science Program. Nome, Alaska.