ᕼᐋᒻᒪᓚᑦᑯᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ 6ᓂᒃ Cryologger ᓯᓚᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑦᑕᕐᓇᖅᑕᐃᓕᒪᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᕙᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᓯᓚᓐᓂᐊᕈᑏᑦ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᑕᒫᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑦᑎᓲᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᐅᖅᑲᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓂᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂ (ᓇᕿᓪᖢᒍ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᒃᑰᕈᑎ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᒥᒃᓵᓄ ᑐᑭᓯᔪᒪᒍᕕᑦ):
The Municipality of Igloolik deployed and is maintaining a network of 6 Cryologger automatic weather stations to complement Inuit Knowledge for travel safety and environmental monitoring. These stations report hourly and were placed at sites chosen by the Igloolik Hunters and Trappers Association at these locations (click on link for weather information):
- ᖃᓕᕈᓯᖅ Qalirusiq
- ᑲᐳᐃᕖᑦ ᓄᕗᐊ Kapuiviit Nuvua
- ᓄᕗᐃᑦ Nuvuit
- ᐃᕕᓵᕈᖅᑑᖅ Ivisaaruqtuuq
- ᑲᓪᓕᕌᖅ Kalliraaq
- ᓇᐅᔮᓕᕈᓗᐃᑦ Naujaaruluit
ᓯᓚᐅ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕐᓇᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᕗᖓ SIKU.org ᐅᖃᓘᑎᕋᓛᒧᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᓯᑯ SIKU ᓇᕿᑦᑕᕆᐊᓕᒃ. (ᐃᓕᔭᐅᓵᓕᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ)
The weather information is also available on SIKU.org the SIKU app. (coming soon)
ᐱᓕᕆᔨᒋᔭᕗ ᑖᓄᑦ ᐃᑦᑐᒃᓵᕐᔪᐊᑦ, ᑐᕌᕙᔅ ᖃᐅᓐᓇᖅ, ᐹᑐᕆᒃ−ᔮᓐ ᐊᑕᒍᑦᑖᓗᒃ, ᑖᓂᐅᓪ ᐊᑕᒍᑦᑖᓗᒃ, ᐋᑕᒥ ᒑᐴ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᐅᕆᒃ ᒧᐃᓗ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᒪᐃᔭ ᐃᐅᕌᔅᒪᔅ ᐃᕙᓗ, ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨ ᒍᕆᒍᕆ ᒧᐊᕌᔅ, ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥ ᕼᐋᒻᒪᓚᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᒡᔨᑦ, ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ. ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥᔭᕗᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᕈᒪᓪᓗᑎᒍᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᒋᔭᕗᑦ, ᓄᓇᖃᖅᖄᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂᙶᖅᑐᓂ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑏᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᖄᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᖅᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ (Indigenous Community-Based Climate Monitoring Program of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada). ᐅᑯᓄᖓ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓯᓚᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᓕᕆᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᔪᒥᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᒋᐊᕈᓐᓇᕆᕗᓯ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᒃᑯᑦ: http://www.clyderiverweather.org/iu, https://people.ucalgary.ca/~belse/Brent_Else/WX.html and https://www.labradorgeolab.ca/weather.
Our technician team is Donald Ittuksardjuat, Travis Qaunaq, Patrick-John Attagutaluk, Daniel Attagutaluk, Adam Garbo and Derek Mueller, with support from Mayor Erasmus Ivvalu, CAO Greg Morash and the Igloolik Hamlet Council and Igloolik Hunters and Trappers Association. We gratefully acknowledge our funder, the Indigenous Community-Based Climate Monitoring Program of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. See here for other inspirational weather station networks: http://www.clyderiverweather.org/en, https://people.ucalgary.ca/~belse/Brent_Else/WX.html and https://www.labradorgeolab.ca/weather.
ᐹᑐᕆᒃ−ᔮᓐ ᐊᑕᒍᑦᑖᓗᒃ, ᑐᕌᕙᔅ ᖃᐅᓐᓇᖅ, ᑖᓂᐅ ᐊᑕᒍᑦᑖᓗᒃ, ᐋᑕᒥ ᒑᐴ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑖᓄᑦ ᐃᑦᑐᒃᓵᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᓯᓚᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᐅᑉ ᓵᑦᑎᐊᖓᓂ ᓇᖏᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᓕᕈᓯᕐᒥ, ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᕇᖅᖢᓂᔾᔪᒃ ᕖᕈᐊᕆ 2023 (ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᓯᔪᖅ ᑎᐅᕆᒃ ᒧᓗ). Patrick-John Attagutaluk, Travis Qaunaq, Daniel Attagutaluk, Adam Garbo and Donald Ittuksardjuat pose in front of the Qalirusiq weather station after setting it up in February 2023 (Photo Derek Mueller).
ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥ ᓯᓚᓐᓂᐊᕈᑏᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖁᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᕼᐋᒻᒪᓚᑦᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥ. ᐊᐱᖅᑯᑎᒃᓴᖃᕈᕕᑦ ᐊᐱᕆᔪᓐᓇᖅᑕᑦ ᑖᓄᑦ ᐃᑦᑐᒃᓵᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᒋᓗᒍ ᐅᕗᖓ (donaldittuksardjuat@yahoo.com). ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᑏᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒧ (Cryologger) ᐃᒻᒥᓂᖅᓱᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᓯᓚᓐᓂᐊᕈᑏᑦ ᒪᑐᐃᖓᔪᑦ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒧᑦ. ᐊᑭᑭᑦᑑᓪᓗᑎᒃ, ᑲᒪᒋᔭᕐᓂᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓄᒃᑎᒐᕐᓂᖅᖢᑎᒡᓗ. ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᑏᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒧ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᒪᕐᒥ ᓯᑯᒥᓪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᕕᖕᒥ (WIRL) ᑳᕈᑕᓐ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒡᔪᐊᖓᓂ ᐋᑐᕚᒥ . ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒪᒍᕕᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᑏᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᕗᙵᕐᓗᑎᑦ https://cryologger.org, https://github.com/cryologger/ and https://wirl.carleton.ca/cryologger/.
The Igloolik Weather Stations belong to the Municipality of Igloolik. If you have questions, please contact Donald Ittuksardjuat (donaldittuksardjuat@yahoo.com). Cryologger Automatic Weather Stations are open-source and custom-developed for Arctic conditions. They are low-cost, easy to maintain and flexible systems. Cryologger systems are developed at the Water and Ice Research Lab (WIRL) at Carleton University in Ottawa. More information about Cryologger can be found at https://cryologger.org, https://github.com/cryologger/ and https://wirl.carleton.ca/cryologger/.