Posted: Apr 15, 2021 7:00 AM NT | Last Updated: April 15
The social enterprise SmartICE has been internationally recognized for its ability to combine traditional knowledge with technology in order to help people adapt to thin ice conditions.(SmartICE)
During Ron Webb s lifetime, he s felt the force of the shifting winds of change literally. The strength of it is unbelievable sometimes, said Webb, who lives in Nain, the most northerly Inuit community on Labrador s coast. We always got gales of wind, but it seems to be more now. More, and stronger.
Strong winds play a role in Labrador s thinning ice, an effect of climate change that s made itself known in Inuit
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Among the Inuit Nunangat communities in far northern Canada, there s a saying: If you smack the ice with your harpoon and it doesn t go through on the first hit, it s thick enough to walk on. If you can hit it three times without it breaking, it s good for snowmobiles. And if you can hit it five times, it can support anything.
This valuable advice has kept generations of Inuit hunters safe as they navigate the frozen sea in search of whales, seals, fish and birds. But as climate change disrupts the rhythms of life in the Arctic, it s becoming increasingly difficult to apply traditional knowledge to the sea ice, weather patterns and the seasons. The Arctic as a whole is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world, and