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W COLD
COMFORT
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COMFORT
BE IND THE EXPE ITIONS HARGED
ITH MA NS PI IC
G C IMATE CH By Jeremy Freed
ING WIL IA ISLAND, NU AVU OR QIKIQT Q TO I S
i digenou O p opl , is l cated in th Arcti k ut
1,000 il metres Nort ast f ello k ife 00
resid nts n the isla ’s o ly se leme r o y t Gjoa Hav ou pl ce fo ou side s he o r r m yea ach or m st of s he o r r m yea e
ill-fated Fra klin ex edition re ocated nearby how rapher
and National Geograph c exp rer Kri ina lo aven an the ear y She man Basin ar idea ola y
t e vi ola oceans, one o the plane ’s least und f o x ments.
A part f two-year s ries of e pe ition su ational Geog aphi , B own’ team ill not on data bu se also work with th local ommu ity to p ’s war urity
in one f the p anet’s ost rap s.
As the have for mille ni , ma y res dent ou, rely
on hun rds ing and shing for wildlif includi ,
char, and eal or rmi r t ustena ce. Wit t a e Ar tic w rat he he rat he he rat he of th rest of rat he lanet, h wever, o h e
cou d soon ha e a m jor impa t on the sp e a cie e
livel hood of man A ctic comm iti s by ex into th warm ng clim te can a so p ovi e insig ts s of
clim te chang else here o Ea th. The Arc he l t t ght
to be ort of a ellwe he be f a fo ts other pa be f a fo ts f the l ,”
Bro n say . “T e Arcti ct i i n’t just itting in is g t g
these hanges the warm ng that s happe ing [th m oader
c mponent of Ea th’s climat syst m ha im live in the south.”
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In add tion to resear her
from isheri oms in Norway a ,
the ni ersity f T ka
oms in Norway a d the airban s, y uth nd el ers rom Gj a av n he t n
i ing re portant ro in the xpedition b n
i ing re ng kno ng ion
and guid ng th project th thei questi about c llab rat t c th ng cl sely with th Inu t com ir
kn wledge of the ocal s.
As the ecosystem g es ba ti od says “S tis y a we get to t ke the observ tions of int d
put t em into he contex of the e lo g-te e
bee o served over ime by e c u mmunit es. That l
wa to be a ge.”
The G oa Have e pe go ition i part f a eo by a i ternatio al team of National eog PHOTOS COURTESY OF ROLEX.
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