Changing Daily Wind Speeds on Alaska’s North Slope: Implications for Rural Hunting Opportunities

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Hansen, Winslow D., Brinkman, Todd J., Leonawicz, Matthew, Chapin, III, F. Stuart, Kofinas, Gary P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2013
• Subjects: Alaska; bowhead whale; caribou; wind speed; North Slope; social-ecological system; baleine boréale; vitesse du vent; système socioécologique; Baleine; la Baleine; Arctic; Balaena mysticetus; Barrow; north slope; Rangifer tarandus; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67378

Because of their reliance on the harvest of fish and game, Alaskan rural communities have experienced a variety of impacts from climate change, the effects of which are amplified at high latitudes. We collaborated with hunters from the coastal community of Wainwright, Alaska, to document their obser...