SmartICE Sea Ice Monitoring and Information Inc. is a community-oriented organization offering climate change adaptation tools that are designed to incorporate sea-ice monitoring data with local indigenous knowledge of sea ice conditions, which can contribute to more informed decision making with regards to land, water and sea ice travel. Climate change is impacting northern Indigenous communities faster than anywhere in the world. As sea ice is vital to life in the north, connecting communities and essentially serving as a highway for people to travel and hunt for food, the SmartICE monitoring systems provide invaluable, data-driven insights into sea ice conditions in near real-time.As an award-winning social enterprise, SmartICE hires local Indigenous youth to manufacture and monitor their systems. To date, SmartICE has operations in Nain, Nunatsiavut; Pond Inlet and Gjoa Haven, Nunavut; and monitoring equipment has been established in 24 communities across Inuit Nunangat, with expansion ongoing.
Katherine Wilson | Department of Geography
Trevor Bell | Department of Geography
Sea-Ice Knowledge for Travel Safety by Inuit for Inuit
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