“It's Not that Simple”: A Collaborative Comparison of Sea Ice Environments, Their Uses, Observed Changes, and Adaptations in Barrow, Alaska, USA, and Clyde River, Nunavut, Canada

• Main Authors: Shari Gearheard, Warren Matumeak, Ilkoo Angutikjuaq, James Maslanik, Henry P. Huntington, Joe Leavitt, Darlene Matumeak Kagak, Geela Tigullaraq, Roger G. Barry
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 2006
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Clyde River; Nunavut; Barrow; inuit; Sea ice; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1579/0044-7447(2006)35[203:INTSAC]2.0.CO;2

The Arctic environment, including sea ice, is changing. The impacts of these changes to Inuit and Iñupiat ways of life vary from place to place, yet there are common themes as well. The study reported here involved an exchange of hunters, Elders, and others from Barrow, Alaska, USA, and Clyde River,...