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Linking Inuit Knowledge and Local-Scale Environmental Modeling to Evaluate the Impacts of Changing Weather on Human Activities at Clyde River, Nunavut. Clyde River, Nunavut, Canada 27 August – 5 September 2009. Dr. Shari Gearheard Project Leader University of Colorado And Clyde River
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Linking Inuit Knowledge and Local-Scale Environmental Modeling to Evaluate the Impacts of Changing Weather on Human Activities at Clyde River, Nunavut Clyde River, Nunavut, Canada 27 August – 5 September 2009
Dr. Shari Gearheard Project Leader University of Colorado And Clyde River Linking Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (Traditional Knowledge) and Science
Dr. Henry Huntington Pew Charitable Trusts And Huntington Consulting Synthesis of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and Science
Dr. Glen Liston Colorado State University Snow and Meteorological Modeling
Dr. Kelly Elder US Forest Service Snow, Meteorological Towers
Joelie Sanguya Clyde River Local Expertise and Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (Traditional Knowledge)
Ilkoo Angutikjuak Clyde River Local Expertise and Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and Weather Forecaster
Laimikie Palluq Clyde River Local Expertise and Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (and polar bear lookout)
Laimikie’s Inuit Freighter Canoe (with a big motor)
Keeping an eye out for polar bear (nanuq), or any other kind of food.
In the 1950s the Canadian government gave the Inuit numbers (instead of English names), starting with an E or a W for eastern and western Canadian Arctic ... Joelie
Sighting Summary: 5 Snowy Owls 1 Gyre Falcon 2 Polar Bears 8 Ring Seals 1 (dead) Bowhead Whale 2 (live) Bowhead Whales Lots of Arctic Char Lots of Blueberries 6 Lemmings (caught and eaten by the dogs) 2 Red-Throated Loons 0 Narwhal (bummer) Northern Lights
local sled dogs A Clyde River dog who didn’t pass the, very strict, sled-dog test.
Ilkoo carving a polar bear for Glen (he is one of three carvers in Clyde River).
(from left) Laimikie Palluq, Elijah Kautaq, and Joelie Sanguya, marking end-of-winter snow-free areas within a 150-km radius of Clyde River (to be compared with our model simulations)
The End Inuksuk (to guide the way)