Sea Ice in the Belcher Islands, Nunavut, Canada, Version 1
Data set id:
ELOKA002
DOI: 10.7265/N5G44N7X
This is the most recent version of these data.

Overview

This data set contains interviews of three hunters from Sanikiliaq, Belcher Islands, in the territory of Nunavut, Canada. The hunters describe their observations of sea ice conditions around the Belcher Islands gathered from their many hunting expeditions. The local and traditional knowledge (LTK) gathered from these interviews reveals that the ice is changing and becoming more dangerous and less predictable than it once was. In addition to the three video interviews, the hunters drew important ice features and changes on maps which are included as part of the data set. Photographs of ice conditions at specific places on the maps are available. Two of the three interviews are in English; the third is in Inuktitut and English. Data are available via the Product Web Site as edited video files, maps, and photographs. Full video interviews, maps, and photographs are on ftp as a compressed file via the Access Data link.
Parameter(s):
AIR TEMPERATURE
Atmospheric Winds
DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS
Eider Ducks
EROSION
FREEZE/THAW
ICE DEFORMATION
ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS
ICE EDGES
ICE FLOES
ICE GROWTH/MELT
ICE ROUGHNESS
ICE TYPES
LAKE ICE
LEADS
LONGSHORE CURRENTS
OCEAN CURRENTS
Ocean Winds
POLAR BEARS
POLYNYAS
RAIN
RIVERS/STREAMS
SEA ICE AGE
SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES
SNOW DEPTH
SNOW/ICE
SNOW MELT
TIDES
WIND CHILL
Platform(s):
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Sensor(s):
CAMERAS
VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
Data Format(s):
HTML
PDF
PDF
MPEG
MPEG
JPEG
Temporal Coverage:
  • 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2009
Temporal Resolution:
Not Specified
Spatial Resolution:
  • Not Specified
Spatial Reference System(s):
Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
  • N:
    56.93479
    S:
    55.56779
    E:
    -78.78479
    W:
    -80.22399
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.