#nunavut — Public Fediverse posts

"A scenario roughly representative of current global #climate policies in which global emissions of #greenhousegases stabilize and then decline towards the end of the century corresponds to a future climate for #Canada that is far from benign. Under this scenario, Canada is projected to warm through the century, with an average temperature increase (mean estimate) of 5°C by 2081 to 2100 relative to 1850 to 1900, while there is a greater than 50% chance that warming will exceed 10°C in much of #Nunavut in winter."

Second edition of Canada’s Changing Climate Report (CCCR2026)

Report summary - Canada.ca

https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/science-technology/changing-climate-report-2026/cccr-report-summary-en.html

Another free ride for #extractive industries in the poorest part of #Canada. https://yellowknifer.com/2026/09/02/baffinland-did-not-pay-corporate-income-taxes-from-2021-to-2025/

#mining #Nunavut #exploitation #poverty

ᓄᓇᕗᑦ (Nunavut) :flagnu: MP ᓘᕆ ᐃᓪᓚᐅᖅ (Lori Idlout) found to have breached conflict of interest code

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ethics-floor-crossing-mp-lori-idlouts-9.7329774
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La députée du ᓄᓇᕗᑦ (Nunavut) :flagnu: ᓘᕆ ᐃᓪᓚᐅᖅ (Lori Idlout) reconnue d’avoir enfreint le code sur les conflits d’intérêt

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2280076/lori-idlout-code-ethique-infraction

#Canada #Nunavut #CANpoli #CDNpoli

🎉 Season 2 of ***North of North*** — the APTN/CBC hit series — premieres in Canada today!

📣📣📣📣📣📣📣📣📣📣📣

Here’s an updated story from CBC News that includes a set tour. (The show’s principal photography was done on location in Nunavut with some additional work in studio in Toronto.)

From the CBC piece:
*’Season 2 picks up right where Season 1 left off. Nearly one year into her new life, Siaja is juggling motherhood, a full-time job and dating — while dealing with complicated relationships with her mother, Neevee (Maika Harper), and her estranged father, Alistair (Jay Ryan)…’*

*’Her journey is rooted in the Inuktitut concept of ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᕐᓂᖅ (pilimmaksarniq) — mastering skills through observation, practice and effort.’*

Once the second season completes its weekly broadcast and streaming release in Canada, it will be released globally on Netflix later this fall.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/north-of-north-season-2-canada-9.7306241

#NorthofNorth #North #Nunavut #Inuit #Indigenous #Television #Comedy #Streaming #Canada #CanCon #Feminism

NO ORDINARY RISKS: FROM HUDSON BAY TO THE ARCTIC SEA
On their return journey home from the shores of the Arctic Sea, James Anderson and his men made their way through Lake Garry, and made their way all the way West to long and narrow Beechey Lake. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #NoOrdinaryRisks #Nunavut #NWT https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/anderson-at-beechy-lake/

Briefly back.

Rare bird (well for here, common in the west below the tree line). Mountain Bluebird in Arctic Bay. #Nunavut #birding.

Back of camera photo because, well time.

NO ORDINARY RISKS: FROM HUDSON BAY TO THE ARCTIC SEA
Because of the risks of an early winter trapping them in the North, James Anderson's men were eager to get home and worked so hard that they quickly reached Lake Garry, one of the Sideways Lakes so named by the Inuit people. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #NoOrdinaryRisks #Nunavut https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/anderson-at-lake-garry/

NO ORDINARY RISKS: FROM HUDSON BAY TO THE ARCTIC SEA
In late summer 1855, James Anderson and James Green Stewart began their journey home from the shores of the Arctic Sea, heading south toward Great Slave Lake. They would take a different route home than the one they had used coming North. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #Nunavut #NoOrdinaryRisks https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/journey-home/

NO ORDINARY RISKS: FROM HUDSON BAY TO THE ARCTIC SEA
West of Montreal Island, in Chantrey Inlet, lay the Adelaid Peninsula which reached far North into the Arctic Sea. In 1855, James Anderson and his men walked the shores of this huge peninsula, looking for signs of Sir John Franklin's lost men. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #Nunavut #NoOrdinaryRisks https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/adelaide-peninsula/

NO ORDINARY RISKS: FROM HUDSON BAY TO THE ARCTIC SEA
In the centre of Chantrey Inlet lay Montreal Island, a place where Sir John Franklin's lost men were known to have been. Ot would be James Anderson's job to search the island and its adjacent lands for signs of those long lost men. #Journeys #NoOrdinaryRisks #Nunavut #ThreeJourneysNorth https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/montreal-island/

NO ORDINARY RISKS: FROM HUDSON BAY TO THE ARCTIC SEA
From Lake Franklin, at the North end of the Great Fish River, James Anderson had his men made the short journey downriver to the shores of Chantrey Inlet, a deep Northern inlet which formed a part of the Arctic Sea. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #Nunavut #NoOrdinaryRisks https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/james-anderson-14/

NO ORDINARY RISKS: FROM HUDSON BAY TO THE ARCTIC SEA
In 1855, James Anderson and his men travelled by canoe through Lake McDougall, one of the Sideways Lakes along the Great Fish River, on his journey North to the Arctic Sea in search of Sir John Franklin's men. #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #NoOrdinaryRisks #Nunavut https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/james-anderson-12/

NO ORDINARY RISKS: FROM HUDSON BAY TO THE ARCTIC SEA
In 1855, James Anderson and James Green Stewart lead their men through the three Sideways Lakes (so named by the Inuit), and tumble through the vicious Hawk Rapids, named for the birds that nested above the river. #ThreeJourneysNorth #Journeys #NoOrdinaryRisks #Nunavut https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/james-andersons-journey-9/

NO ORDINARY RISKS: FROM HUDSON BAY TO THE ARCTIC SEA
James Anderson and James Green Stewart continued their journey along the Great Fish River, travelling from Beechey Lake toward the Arctic Sea some hundreds of miles distant. They are now in modern-day Nunavut. #Nunavut #Journeys #ThreeJourneysNorth #NoOrdinaryRisks https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/james-andersons-journey-8/

The view from work today. Good night. #Nunavut

And… the next sealift ship just arrived. Nothing on it for us, but the town will be bustling. #Nunavut #Sealift

We hit the ground running yesterday when we arrived back home. Our annual sealift arrived Friday and the ship would be done Saturday afternoon. We have five crates, plus more from the lumber supply business here.

Sealift day is a little like having all your birthdays at once on the day the circus comes to town.

Here’s the MV Zélada Desgagnes at anchor.

We only opened 2 crates that had our household stuff. The largest, 8’ x 8’ x 4’, was packed with stuff, and shuffled from the crate to the living room, to (mostly) the spare bedroom and other places it will live. The other crate was mostly solar, tools, and fuel drums, but had household stuff as well so it needed to be opened. #Nunavut #Sealift

Bowing wooden robot balances a starlink on his head. #Nunavut #Iqaluit

Up until now I’ve only ever seen the domestic variety. This is the first time I’ve photographed a wild guitar in its natural habitat. #Nunavut #Iqaluit

The hotel I’m staying in was built in China. Each room was shipped over, completely done and furnished, and then put together like giant Lego blocks. #Nunavut

Sure missing these four (and their spouses). #Nunavut

Just landed down south in Iqaluit, which was interesting. Walked in the hotel room and got a call that there’s a bear at the cabin. Father-in-law is trying to scare it away. #Nunavut #CabinLife

Bit by bit. #WorkshopBuild #Nunavut

I’m three panels short of a deck. But so in phase, in our dance hall days.

It was quitting time and I was running out of adhesive. Also peeling PL 400 of one’s hands is much more satisfying than trying to peel PL Premium off. Stuff is chasing acoustic sealant for difficulty in cleaning. #WorkshopBuild #Nunavut

Fill ‘er up. The MV Kitikmeot at anchor in the shadow of King George. #Nunavut #Sealift

Mapping Snow On Northern Winter Roads - A Dual-Frequency Polarimetric Radar Approach For Snow Characterization Over Land, Lake And Sea Ice
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-4367-2026 <-- shared paper
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H/T @Monojit Saha | Geospatial Analysis | Remote Sensing | Satellite Altimetry | Cryosphere
“Winter roads are essential transportation links for many remote northern communities, but their safety and reliability depend strongly on snow conditions and ice growth. In this study [link above], [the authors] evaluated a fully polarimetric, dual-frequency Ku- and Ka-band radar approach for retrieving snow depth across landfast sea ice, lake ice, and tundra.
Using field measurements near Churchill, Manitoba, and Resolute Bay, Nunavut [Canada], [they] found that the approach produced snow-depth retrieval bias and error within 3 cm over landfast ice, with encouraging Ku-band performance over frozen ground as well. [They] also developed an interface-detection approach for lake ice that can retrieve both snow depth and ice thickness - a promising direction for characterizing conditions relevant to winter-road planning and safety…”
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“Winter roads are lifelines for remote northern communities. Built over land, lakes, rivers, and sea ice, these travel routes are increasingly vulnerable to warming temperatures and variable precipitation. To ensure safety and adapt to these changes, operators require high-resolution monitoring of snow depth across these diverse surfaces, as natural snow accumulation dictates ice growth rates, route viability and road stability. This study extends our polarimetric radar method, previously demonstrated on pack ice, to landfast sea ice, tundra, and frozen lakes and assesses how well we can retrieve snow depth over these surfaces. Results indicate consistency with earlier sea ice analyses, maintaining a mean snow depth retrieval bias and error within 3 cm over the landfast ice. Promising performance is also found over frozen ground using Ku-band (mean biases less than 6 cm). To address the specific challenge of lake ice, which includes strong returns from the ice/water interface, we present a new interface-detection technique that simultaneously retrieves snow depth and ice thickness. While current validation focuses on undisturbed snow, this approach could provide a path forward for characterizing the cryospheric environment in a way that can directly support the optimization of winter roads…”
#Cryosphere #RemoteSensing #Snow #SeaIce #LakeIce #WinterRoads #characterisation #ArcticResearch #EarthObservation #PolarScience #maintainence #ploughing #winter #roads #transportation #northern #communities #mines #FirstNation #canada #remotesensing #polarimetric #radar #snowdepth #ice #landfastice #iceroad #tundra #Churchill #Manitoba #ResoluteBay #Nunavut #monitoring #planning #safety #trucking #freight

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Growing food for astronauts in space starts with Inuit in Nunavut

Nunavummiut already face daily challenges that astronauts will contend with on long-distance space flights

#Nunavut #Space #Food

https://nunavutnews.com/2026/08/15/growing-food-for-astronauts-in-space-starts-with-inuit-in-nunavut/

View from the ride home from the cabin tonight. #Nunavut #CabinLife

Went to the cabins tonight to do a cleanup. Lots of stuff scattered by the wind including the pan from the fire pit. Wanted to move it so I did, and burnt some wood scraps. #CabinLife #Nunavut

Most of our flowering plants colonized the north Baffin after the last ice age. As the ice retreated the plants followed it north. But three of our flowers survived the ice age here and reestablished populations. They are Vaux’s Cinquefoil, Pallas Wallflower, and this beauty, Silvery Oxytrope. One of the best places to find it is at our cabin. #Nunavut #CabinLife #Wildflowers

The walk around the river. #CabinLife #Nunavut

Ukkusiksalik: The Bay with Reversing Falls

Ukkusiksalik National Park in Nunavut is centred on Wager Bay, a 100-km-long saltwater inlet. At the bay's narrow entrance, powerful tides create 'reversing falls,' a turbulent spectacle of water flowing against itself. The area is also known for its high concentration of polar bears that gather on shore during the summer. #Canada #Ukkusiksalik #Nunavut #Tides 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukkusiksalik_National_Park

Sunday cabin was a flurry of activity. #CabinLife #Nunavut

#poetry #PoetryWhenTheMomentTakesMe #CabinLife #Nunavut

Taken stuff out to the cabin yesterday and this is where we got stuck. Got out, and then stuck again, headed back and switched to snowmobiles. Looks like the days of driving there are done for the year. #CabinLife #Nunavut

Yesterday we “warmed” the cabin. Crowded and joyful. People came and ate and made space for others. Games were held at my in-laws’ cabin for more room. Tuktu stew, allu, bannock, salads and plenty of desserts. #CabinLife #Nunavut

Coming back to the cabin at the end of the walk. I was soaked in sweat as I was way over dressed. Stuck around the cabin longer than expected as I had to dry out clothes before snowmobiling back to town. #CabinLife #Nunavut

The pair. #CabinLife #Nunavut #birding #raven

One of the pair #CabinLife #Nunavut #birding #raven

Job site table saw and empty fuel transfer tank ready to come back from the cabin. #CabinLife #Nunavut

Stayed at the cabin last night. I brought heating fuel out as we were getting low. My wife is in Pond Inlet for Nunavut Quest as she’s on the committee. So I thought there was no point in going back home. Very quiet, took the battery out of the clock because the ticking was annoying me.

Took another tank of heating fuel out tonight but I’ll head home soon. Pretty sky tonight. #CabinLife #Nunavut

The view from the cabin 10:30 Tuesday night. #CabinLife #nunavut

The beacon during Tuesday’s power outage. #CabinLife #Nunavut

Crowded cabin tonight. The power went off in the community this morning. The crew from Qulliq energy arrived about an hour ago to try and get it sorted.

So we decamped to the cabin with family for power and warmth. If they don’t get it going we’ll go get the dogs and extra blankets for everyone. #Nunavut #CabinLife

Nunavut fuel resupply could cost ‘tens of millions of dollars’ more because of U.S. war with Iran
#Nunavut #Canada #Iran #MiddleEast #OilPrices #Arctic #EnergyCrisis #CostOfLiving #FuelCosts #Economy #NorthernCanada #EnergyMarket #Inflation #OilSupply
https://the-14.com/nunavut-fuel-resupply-could-cost-tens-of-millions-of-dollars-more-because-of-u-s-war-with-iran/

Les Jeux d’hiver de l’Arctique
Par Stéphanie Mitchell
https://www.banq.qc.ca/explorer/articles/jeux-hiver-arctique/
#BAnQ #documents #histoire #patrimoine #bibliothèque #sports #Alaska #USA #TNO #Yukon #Nord #Arctique #Alberta #Nunavik #Nunavut #Groenland #Laponie #Finlande #Norvège #Russie #Suède #Québec #Canada #jeux #hiver #athlètes #compétitions

📰 "How Greenhouses in Northern Communities Are Changing Arctic Food Systems"

🗒 "Greenhouses in northern communities from Nunavik to Nunavut use innovative methods, such as retrofitted shipping containers powered by wind and solar energy."

https://happyeconews.com/greenhouses-in-northern-communities/

#solarpunk #canada #nunavik #Nunavut #happynews

@NunavutBirder

Magical, as so many of your photographs are. And such a poetic & precise alt-text.

And, I hate to admit it, I did not know John K Samson and The Weakerthans, a joyful discovery that now blends with your atmospheric photograph.

https://theweakerthans.bandcamp.com/track/one-great-city

#TheWeakerthans #OneGreatCity #JohnKSamson #ADarkerGrey #Nunavut

A collection of icebergs taken one year ago today off the coast of Baffin Island, Nunavut. #icebergphotography #nunavut #canada #north #arcticphotography #cangeo #cangeotravel #OpNanook22