Featured ELOKA Data
ELOKA is currently collaborating with Indigenous community members of the Hudson Bay region, Baffin Island, and Greenland. Not only are they observing and reporting changes in their environment, they are also sharing wisdom that has long been gleaned from generations of living in an Arctic environment, thereby providing a valuable link to science.
Local Observations from the Seasonal Ice Zone Observing Network (SIZONet)
This data set contains observations of sea ice, weather, and wildlife collected by Indigenous Inupiaq and Yup'ik sea ice experts in several communities along the northern and western coasts of Alaska, beginning in 2006.
| Topics | Geographic areas | Date range | Coverage |
| Sea Ice Snow Weather Wildlife |
Alaska, United States | 2006 to Present |  |
For more information, see ELOKA's Local Observations from the Seasonal Ice Zone Observing Network (SIZONet) web page.
Snowchange Oral History - Work Among the Kolyma River Indigenous Societies in Siberia, Russia
Geographic and environmental information from residents of two Indigenous Chukchi communities practicing seasonal nomadic reindeer herding and other subsistence activities.
| Topics | Geographic areas | Date range | Coverage |
| Permafrost Reindeer |
Republic of Sakha-Yakutia, Siberia, Russian Federation |
1930-2009 |  |
For more information, see ELOKA's Snowchange Oral History - Work Among the Kolyma River Indigenous Societies in Siberia, Russia.
Baffin Bay Region Narwhal Tusk Research
Interviews are conducted in several dialects of both Inuktitut and Greenlandic, but are conducted with the aid of an English translator. More interviews will be added when translations are completed.
| Topics | Geographic areas | Date range | Coverage |
| Narwhals Tusks |
Nunavut, Canada Greenland |
2003 |  |
For more information, see ELOKA's Baffin Bay Region Narwhal Community Data Web site.
Sea Ice in the Belcher Islands, Nunavut, Canada
Hunters describe their observations of sea ice conditions around the Belcher Islands gathered from their many hunting expeditions. The local and traditional knowledge (LTK) gathered from these interviews reveals that the ice is changing and becoming more dangerous and less predictable than it once was.
| Topics | Geographic areas | Date range | Coverage |
| Sea ice Ocean currents Polynyas |
Belcher Islands Nunavut, Canada |
1993-2009 |  |
For more information, see ELOKA's Sanikiluaq Community Data Web site.
Silalirijiit Project: Kangiqtugaapik (Clyde River), Nunavut, Canada, Weather Station Network
This site provides access to the current weather conditions at Akuliaqattak, Silasiutitalik, and Ailaktalik, located in Kangiqtugaapik (Clyde River), Nunavut. Meteorological measurements are displayed in near-real time, and include air and ground temperature, wind direction and speed, and humidity. Content is provided in both English and Inukitut.
| Topics | Geographic areas | Date range | Coverage |
| Meteorological conditions | Baffin Island Nunavut, Canada |
Near-real time (within past two hours) |  |
For more information, see ELOKA's Silalirijiit Project Web site.
Community-Based Environmental and Species Observations from the Bering Sea Sub-Network, 2008-2009
Local Indigenous communities in the Bering Sea region share the environmental changes they observe.
| Topics | Geographic areas | Date range | Coverage |
| Environmental change Wildlife Sea ice River ice Meteorological conditions |
Chukotka Kamchatka Russian Federation Alaska, United States |
2007-2009 |  |
For more information and to download the summary report, see the NSIDC page for Summary Report of Community-Based Environmental and Species Observations from the Bering Sea Sub-Network, 2008-2009 
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To submit a request for access to the restricted survey data, see the NSIDC page for Survey Data of Community-Based Environmental and Species Observations from the Bering Sea Sub-Network, 2008-2009 .
When the Weather is Uggianaqtuq: Inuit Observations of Environmental Change
In this interactive, multi-media CD-ROM, Inuit from two Inuit communties in Nunavut, Canada, share their observations and perspectives on recent environmental changes.
| Topics | Geographic areas | Date range | Coverage |
| Sea ice Snow Weather Wildlife |
Baker Lake (Qamani'tuaq), Nunavut, Canada Clyde River (Kangiktugaapik), Nunavut, Canada |
1920-2001 |  |
For more information and to order the CD-ROM, see the NSIDC page for When the Weather is Uggianaqtuq: Inuit Observations of Environmental Change .