ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ, “ᑲᖏᖅᑐᑦᑎᐊᑯᓗᒃ,” ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ, ᐃᓂᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᓇᓐᓇᖅᐸᓯᖓᓂ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓘᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ Patricia Bay. ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐃᓄᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓃ 900 ᐃᓄᐃᑦ, ᐃᓂᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᒪᓂᖅᑲᔮᒥ, ᐊᕙᓗᔭᐅᒪᑦᓱᓂ ᑲᔾᔮᓇᖅᑐᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᓱᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ Barnes Icecap-ᒧᑦ. ᐃᓐᓈᕈᐊᓗᐃᑦ, ᐱᖃᓗᔭᐃᑦ ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᓪᓗ ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒻᒥ ᐅᐸᒍᒪᕆᔭᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑕ ᐅᔭᖅᑲᓂᒃ ᓯᑯᓂᓗ ᒪᔪᕋᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᒥᒃ. ᑕᑯᔭᑦᓴᐅᓪᓗᑎᓪᓗ ᐆᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑐᑐᐃᓐᓇᑦᓯᐊᑦ, ᐱᖃᓯᐅᑎᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᑐᑦᑐᐃᑦ, ᐊᓪᓚᓐᖑᐊᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓪᓗ ᐳᐃᔩᑦ. ᐃᒐᓕᖅᑑᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᖃᕐᕕᒃ, ᓴᐳᑎᔭᐅᓯᒪᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᐊᕐᕖᑦ, ᐃᓂᖃᖅᓱᑎᒃ Patricia Bay-ᒥ.
ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᒃᓴᐅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓇᑉᐸᖅᑎᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖓᓂ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᕗᑦ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᓯᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᓲᕐᓗ ᓄᓇᐅᑉ ᐃᑭᐊᖓᓂ ᖁᐊᖑᐃᓐᓇᐅᔭᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᐅᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᖢᓂ, ᓯᒡᔭ ᓱᕋᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᖢᓂ, ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᑐᓄᓪᓗ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᓂᒡᓚᓱᖕᓂᕆᕙᒃᑕᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᒪᖁᒃᐸᖕᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᓂᕆᕙᒃᑕᖓᓄᑦ. ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓱᒪᒥᐅᑕᕆᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔩᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᒪᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐆᒥᖓ, ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᒃᓴᐅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓇᑉᐸᖅᑎᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓰᓐᓇᒃᑰᖅᑎᑦᑎᓕᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥᒃ (NISI−ᒥᒃ), ᑖᒃᑯᐊᓗ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᕙᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ
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