ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃᔪᐊᖅ ᑲᕈᑕᓐ Carleton University ᐃᑲᔪᕐᑎᖃᕐᖢᑎᒃ ᓯᑯᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂᒃ SmartICE, ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ, ᕼᐊᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕ, ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓯᑯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔨᓯᕐᑎᑦ Canadian Ice Service, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃᔪᐊᖅ ᒪᒃᒪᔅᑐ McMaster University, ᐃᓕᓯᓚᐅᕐᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᕿᐅᒪᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᕐᑐᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᓯᓚᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒃ ᒪᕈᒃ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᓯᓚᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐃᑲᔫᑕᐅᓇᓱᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᖏᓐᓄᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᖃᑦᑕᕐᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᑦᑕᕐᓇᖏᑦᑐᒃᑯᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᓗᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ. ᑕᒃᑯᐊ ᓯᓚᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᑦ ᐃᑲᕋᑕᒪᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖃᑦᑕᕐᑐᑦ ᐃᓂᖏᓪᓗ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᑐᑦ ᓯᑯᒥᐅᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᓄᑦ (ᓯᑯᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᖓᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᑦ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥ) ᐅᑯᓇᓂ ᓄᓇᓂ (ᓇᕿᓪᓗᒍ ᓴᕿᕕᖓ ᓯᓚᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎ ᑕᑯᓗᒍ):
Carleton University, in collaboration with SmartICE, Mittimatalik Hunters and Trappers Organization, Hamlet of Mittimatalik, the Canadian Ice Service, and McMaster University, deployed and is maintaining a network of 2 Cryologger and 1 Onset automatic weather stations to complement Inuit Knowledge for travel safety and environmental monitoring. These stations report weather information hourly and were placed at sites chosen by the Sikumiut (SmartICE Community Management Committee in Mittimatalik) at these locations (click on link for weather information):
• ᓴᓐᓂᕈᑦ Sannirut
• ᐃᒡᓗᑭᓵᑦ Iglukisaat
• ᑐᖅᖃᔮᑦ Tuqqajaat
ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ ᓯᓚᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂᑦ ᐱᔪᒪᔭᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᓪᓗ ᐊᑐᕐᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ. ᐊᐱᖁᑎᒃᓴᖃᕈᕕᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᓗᒃᑯᕕᓪᓗᓐᓂᑦ ᓯᓚᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᐅᑉ ᒥᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᓗᒍ ᐊᐃᑕ ᓗᕗᓐ Andrew Arreak (aareak@smartice.org)
The Mittimatalik weather stations are designed to be for the community, by the community. If you have questions or concerns about the weather stations, please contact Andrew Arreak (aarreak@smartice.org).
ᓯᓚᐅ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕐᓇᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᕗᖓ SIKU.org ᐅᖃᓘᑎᕋᓛᒧᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᓯᑯ SIKU ᓇᕿᑦᑕᕆᐊᓕᒃ. (ᐃᓕᔭᐅᓵᓕᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ)
The weather information is also available on SIKU.org and the SIKU app. (coming soon)
ᐊᕿᒃᓱᐃᔨᕗᑦ ᐋᓐᓄᓗ ᐋᕆᐊᖅ, ᐊᐃᑕ ᓗᕕᓐ, ᑎᐅᕆᒃ ᒧᐃᓗ.
Our technician team is Andrew Arreak, Ada Loewen and Derek Mueller.
ᖁᔭᒋᔭᕗᑦ ᑭᓇᐅᔭᖃᕐᑎᑦᑎᔪᑦ ArcticNet. The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC) ᐃᑲᔪᕐᑐᐃᓯᒪᖕᒪᑕ ᐃᓚᒋᓪᓗᓂᐅᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᖓᓂ UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (the Ocean Decade)
We gratefully acknowledge our funder ArcticNet. The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC) has endorsed this project as part of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (the Ocean Decade).
ᐊᓐᓄᓗ ᐊᕆᐊᖅ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕐᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᓴᓂᑦᑎᐊᖓᓂ ᓯᓚᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᐅᑉ ᐊᕿᓚᐅᕐᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᔪᓂ 2023. (ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕆᔪᖅ ᐊᐃᑕ ᓗᑯᓐ)
Andrew Arreak in front of the Sannirut weather station after setting it up in May 2023 (Photo: Ada Loewen).
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/.
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/.
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.
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.