Sea Ice Observations from Sanikiluaq Hunters

Three hunters from Sanikiluaq, Belcher Islands, Nunavut, describe changing sea ice conditions based on their hunting expeditions. Their local and traditional knowledge reveals ice becoming more dangerous and unpredictable. The dataset includes video interviews, annotated maps, and photographs of ice features.

Use Cases

• Analyzing changes in ice safety and predictability based on hunter narratives.
• Mapping specific ice features and conditions using annotated maps.
• Studying the integration of local traditional knowledge with environmental science.
• Comparing historical and contemporary ice observations from Indigenous experts.
• Documenting Inuktitut and English terminology related to sea ice.

Strengths

• Contains primary source video interviews from three expert hunters.
• Includes annotated maps and photographs providing spatial context.
• Cross-platform presence (NASA Earthdata, Data.gov) signals recognized importance.

Limitations

• Metadata completeness is low; column names, row counts, and exact size are unknown.
• Sources disagree on last updated date (2009 vs 2026), indicating potential metadata inconsistency.
• Limited scale with only three interviews.

Provenance

Source

NSIDCV0

Collection Method

Interviews, map annotations, and photography.

Freshness

2026-04-09 22:29:30.522681

Geography

Belcher Islands, Nunavut, Canada.