Safety in travel and navigation

• Main Authors: Clarke, J H, Gaden, A, Long, Z, Pearce, T, Perrie, W
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: ArcticNet Inc. 2015
• Subjects: FoR 0502 (Environmental Science and Management); FoR 1604 (Human Geography); Arctic; Breaker; Climate change; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.arcticnet.ulaval.ca/pdf/media/IRIS_FromScience_ArcticNet_lr.pdf

Safe passage in the Arctic provides a means for local subsistence activities, shipping, and adequate search and rescue capabilities. Northerners are facing variable seasons, weather, sea ice and permafrost conditions which are compromising the safety and access of travelling to harvesting grounds an...