With a population of only 19, Bathurst Inlet is best known for the Bathurst Inlet Lodge, a naturalist lodge situated in an old trading post/mission. Visitors to the area usually come to see the spectacular views of the Wilberforce Falls, the highest circumpolar waterfall, as well as the rolling hills, tremendous gorges, beautiful wildflowers and variant wildlife.
“It has been snowing not at the right time. It has been snowing in the middle of the summer and it even covers the ground.”
“In the older days when it got warm it would be warm for quite a number of days or weeks, it used to stay warm for quite a while. Also when it got colder it stayed cold long but right now seems like it will warm up but it will get warm probably for one day and then it gets cold already.”
“I used to go egg hunting but now it is too dangerous to travel by ice so I cannot go to the places that I used to go to. I think it is mainly the ice on the sea that has affected me the most.”
“The ice is becoming thinner than it used to be; seems to be affected the most by the climate change.”
“The permafrost has changed and it is noticeable. There are some areas that are eroding and there are some areas that are drying up.”
“It is much warmer now, even in winter. It used to be really cold in January and December but it is not so cold now. The temperature has changed. “
“It is windier now and the change in the ice and water is faster now, it is a lot warmer now.”
“There is a big change of the sea, water and ice than a few years ago; it melts a lot faster now. I have been thinking that the sea water is warmer now…The ice melts through the bottom of the ice, and for that reason I have been thinking that the sea is getting warmer…”
“The snow drifts have changed…When we try and follow the snowdrifts that were caused by north wind we tend to go further south…”