Emma Tranter
SmartICE Community Operators Patrick Kilabuk and Mosesie Akulujuk from Pangnirtung, Nunavut, deploy a sensor in the ice along a community trail in Cumberland Sound as shown in this handout image. The sensor records ice and snow thickness daily and reports the information to the community via satellite. The SmartBUOY sensors are assembled by trained Inuit youth at the SmartICE Northern Production Centre in Nain, Nunatsiavut.
Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Trevor Bell MANDATORY CREDIT December 26, 2020 - 4:31 PM IQALUIT - There are more than 60 words to describe sea ice in Inuktitut. For Nunavut s hunters, the words are critical when travelling across a frozen ocean highway by snowmobile or dog team.
Brandon Sun By: Emma Tranter, The Canadian Press Posted:
IQALUIT - There are more than 60 words to describe sea ice in Inuktitut.
SmartICE Community Operators Patrick Kilabuk and Mosesie Akulujuk from Pangnirtung, Nunavut, deploy a sensor in the ice along a community trail in Cumberland Sound as shown in this handout image. The sensor records ice and snow thickness daily and reports the information to the community via satellite. The SmartBUOY sensors are assembled by trained Inuit youth at the SmartICE Northern Production Centre in Nain, Nunatsiavut. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Trevor Bell MANDATORY CREDIT
IQALUIT - There are more than 60 words to describe sea ice in Inuktitut.