The project team worked in partnership with specialists from five organizations to develop an innovative method for recording and sharing local observations on climate change. The approach combined participatory workshops, semi-structured interviews, community meetings and fieldwork to better understand the extent of local knowledge of climate change. Inuvialuit knowledge on climate change and explore how that knowledge can enrich scientific research in the Arctic. The video follows local people onto the land and sea as they perform traditional activities. Inuit are renowned for their ability to flourish in a harsh climate, to adapt as conditions change, to thrive where others cannot.
Climate change poses a threat unlike any they have faced before.
Their lifestyle and their culture may depend on their ability to adapt to this new challenge.