While waiting for the sea ice: Stories of changes from Ittoqqortoormiit (Kalaallit Nunaat)

International audience For many small communities in the Arctic, climate change-driven variations in the sea-ice thickness and extent are a central experience of recent environmental transformations. In Ittoqqortoormiit (Box 1), Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland), sea ice is a ‘character’ that featured in...

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Main Authors: Sandré, Tanguy, Gherardi, Jeanne-Marie, Wardekker, Arjan
Other Authors: Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement Gif-sur-Yvette (LSCE), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Cultures, Environnements, Arctique, Représentations, Climat (CEARC), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT), University of Bergen (UiB)
Format: Book Part
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 2023
Subjects:
Climate change
Sea ice
Arctic
Resilience
Narratives
[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences
[SDE]Environmental Sciences
Greenland
Ittoqqortoormiit
Greenland Sea
greenlandic
kalaaleq
kalaallit
Kalaallit Nunaat
Online Access:https://hal.science/hal-04250661
https://hal.science/hal-04250661/document
https://hal.science/hal-04250661/file/proof1a_07_Sandr%C3%A9_9783111245515_Bremer_1223_EC-TS.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111245591-007
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Summary:International audience For many small communities in the Arctic, climate change-driven variations in the sea-ice thickness and extent are a central experience of recent environmental transformations. In Ittoqqortoormiit (Box 1), Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland), sea ice is a ‘character’ that featured in many stories we were told. Discrepancies and mismatches between sea ice conditions and those expected based on local knowledge and recent memories were often described. Together with the community, we have been exploring how these modifications have impacted on local people, through their stories of changes. How do sea ice changes reframe the way this kalaaleq (sing. ‘Greenlandic’) community experiences seasonality, resilience, and environmental and climate change?

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