Simeonie Amagoalik
“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.”
“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…”
“The weather is totally different now…I have noticed a lot of frozen rivers (sirmiliit) had melted that I used to see. The frozen rivers are still melting and quite far from the sea now.”
“I have noticed the ice condition has changed, sometimes it takes longer for the ice to form…”
“I have realized today in our community there is a lot more soft snow and deep snow, but today in Pond the ice to me seems to be different than it did in the past.”