Clyde River, Baffin Island: Nunavut, Canada. Linking Inuit Knowledge and Local-Scale Environmental...
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Clyde River, Baffin Island: Nunavut, Canada
Clyde River, Baffin Island: Nunavut, Canada. Linking Inuit Knowledge and Local-Scale Environmental Modeling to Evaluate the Impacts of Changing Weather
Linking Inuit Knowledge and Local-Scale Environmental Modeling
to Evaluate the Impacts of Changing Weather on Human Activities at
Clyde River, Nunavut May 2011
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The purpose of this trip was to service our meteorological
stations and continue to work with our Clyde River
collaborators.
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= our met stations = Clyde River hamlet = Clyde River airport
met station Silasiutitalik Station Ailaktalik Station Akuliaqattak
Station
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Dr. Shari Gearheard Project Leader University of Colorado And
Clyde River Resident Linking Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (Traditional
Knowledge) and Science
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Dr. Kelly Elder US Forest Service Snow, Meteorological
Towers
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Dr. Henry Huntington Pew Charitable Trusts And Huntington
Consulting Synthesis of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and Science Henry
barely fits within the foundation of an ancient Inuit
dwelling.
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Dr. Glen Liston Colorado State University Snow and
Meteorological Modeling
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Dylan Elder Lesher Middle School, Fort Collins, Colorado
Scientist-In-Training
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Esa Qillaq Clyde River Local Expertise and Inuit
Qaujimajatuqangit (Traditional Knowledge)
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Joelie Sanguya Clyde River Local Expertise and Inuit
Qaujimajatuqangit (Traditional Knowledge)
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Raygee Palituq Clyde River Local Expertise and Inuit
Qaujimajatuqangit (Traditional Knowledge)
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Silasiutitalik Station
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This tower requires almost no work! Just swapping the data
cards, updating the data logger program, and checking to be sure
all systems are working as intended.
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Another day at the office...
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A traditional iglu (igloo) built outside of town.
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Tall enough to stand in.
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Dinner for sled dogs (seal).
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Sharis 7-month old (big!) sled dog puppies!
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Nice eyebrows! An obvious family trait!
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Off to another meteorological tower.
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Ailaktalik Station
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Re-wiring the data logger (cold work with bare hands).
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Wiring and installing a new anemometer.
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Snack Time
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Checking the tower outputs with the computer.
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Using a satellite phone to confirm the tower data is getting to
the web site.
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Everything is working, time to go home.
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An iceberg from Greenland.
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On to the next station.
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A seal den under the snow surface (dug out and marked by an
Arctic Fox).
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An ice bulge on the river.
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Polar bear tracks in soft snow. A small polar bear in hard
snow.