Sea Ice in the Belcher Islands, Nunavut, Canada

• Main Author: Chris McNeave
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2012
• Subjects: EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > SALINITY; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > INDIGENOUS/NATIVE SPECIES; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > BIODIVERSITY FUNCTIONS; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND CHILL; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS; EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE FLOES; EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > LEADS; EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE EDGES; EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > POLYNYAS; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > ALPINE/TUNDRA; EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE EXTENT; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > RAIN; OTHER; UNKNOWN; climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere; Nunavut; Hudson Bay; Canada; Hudson; Belcher; Belcher Islands; inuktitut; Sea ice; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A2J88X

This data set contains interviews of three hunters from Sanikiliaq, Belcher Islands, in the territory of Nunavut, Canada. The hunters describe their observations of sea ice conditions around the Belcher Islands gathered from their many hunting expeditions. The local and traditional knowledge (LTK) gathered from these interviews reveals that the ice is changing and becoming more dangerous and less predictable than it once was. In addition to the three video interviews, the hunters drew important ice features and changes on maps which are included as part of the data set. Photographs of ice conditions at specific places on the maps are available. Two of the three interviews are in English; the third is in Inuktitut and English. Data are available via the Product Web Site as edited video files, maps, and photographs. Full video interviews, maps, and photographs are on ftp as a compressed file via the Access Data link.