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 TEMPERATUREATMOSPHERIC WINDSDUCKS/GEESE/SWANSEIDER DUCKSEROSIONFREEZE/THAWICE DEFORMATIONICE DEPTH/THICKNESSICE EDGESICE FLOESICE GROWTH/MELTICE ROUGHNESSICE TYPESLAKE ICELEADSLONGSHORE CURRENTSOCEAN CURRENTSOCEAN WINDSPOLAR BEARSPOLYNYASRAINRIVERS/STREAMSSEA ICE AGESEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSESSNOW DEPTHSNOW/ICESNOW MELTTIDESWIND CHILL
Platform(s):
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Sensor(s):
CAMERAS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
Data Format(s):
HTML, PDF, PDF, MPEG, MPEG, JPEG
Temporal Coverage:
1 January 1993 to 1 April 2009
Temporal Resolution:
Not Specified
Spatial Resolution:
  • 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.