Resources
Movies
Climate change
- Henry
from the Inuit community in Nunavut
Henry from the Inuit community in Nunavut tells us about the changes in the animals, birds and insects he and his wife Susie have noticed over the last few years.
Living on the edge
- Susie from
the Inuit community in Nunavut
Susie, a member of the Inuit community in Nunavut explains some of the changes which have happened in her life .
Arctic science
- Joanna
Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights
Clips from the BBC programme "Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights" - external link to youtube. - Human health and traditional
diets
Two short films produced by the Arctic Monitoring Assessment Programme, on human health and traditional diets
Hunter or hunted?
- Studying Barnacle
geese
Maarten Loonen is a biologist/ecologist, and Assistant Professor at the Arctic Centre of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands He has been studying Barnacle Geese on Spitsbergen for nearly twenty years. - Polar
Bear Capital of the World
Polar Bears in Churchill - Manitoba, Canada - external link to youtube.
Troubled waters
- Icebreaker safety
The Canadian Hydraulics Centre of National Research Council of Canada has developed colour coded animations depicting levels of safety in different areas, based on the severity of the ice in the Canadian Arctic throughout the year.
Resources from the edge
- Nancy from Umingmaktok
Nancy talks about how the wildlife is changing, and possible reasons for this, including mining.
Snow, Water, Ice, Permafrost
- Snow, water, ice and permafrost in the Arctic: a changing environment
Increased warming may affect frozen regions first, before the effects spread beyond them. This SWIPA video clip highlights some of these changes:
- The New Arctic Reality: Challenges and opportunities in a melting cryosphere
This movie introduces some of the key changes that are taking place in this landscape as a result of climate change.
- Mercury Rising
An introduction to some likely changes to the indigenous peoples of the area (Please note that this video clip also includes a short scene of whales being butchered).
- Ice collapse
Time-lapse movie of ice discharge at the glacier front of the extremely active Jakobshavn Isbræ, near Ilulissat, West Greenland. 67 minutes compressed to 28 seconds - no sound.
- Ice discharge
Time-lapse movie of ice discharge at the glacier front of the extremely active Jakobshavn Isbræ, near Ilulissat, West Greenland. 18 minutes compressed to 13 seconds - with sound.
