ice watch

 Congratulations to this year’s Ice Watch Grand Prize Winners!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2025 Ice Watch and keep an eye on SIKU and our social media channels as we continue to share highlights from this year’s ice season!

Learn more at https://siku.org/icewatch

 Congratulations to Willia Amamatuak from Salluit! Willia won a $100 Northern gift card this week for making an excellent SIKU ice post! Get involved in Ice Watch for your chance to win an Expedition Sport 900 Ace Ski-Doo!

Language: English with Inuktitut subtitles

Learn how to make an ice post that qualifies to win an Ice Watch prize! Support ice safety and share knowledge in your community by sharing Ice Posts with the SIKU app - you could win an Expedition Sport 900 Ace Ski-Do Ski-Doo from Contant, Northern gift cards and more!

Learn more at https://siku.org/icewatch

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The 2024 Ice Watch has begun!
Support ice safety and share knowledge in your community by making Ice Posts with SIKU - you could win an Expedition Sport 900 Ace Ski-Doo from Contant, Northern gift cards and more! Learn more at https://siku.org/icewatch. Ice Watch is a collaboration between Arctic Eider Society and SmartICE.

 It’s almost time for the 2024 Ice Watch Challenge! All posts made this ice season will be reviewed by a panel of Inuit ice experts and considered for grand prizes, including a brand new Ski-Doo!
The challenge officially begins on March 1* and weekly winner prizes will be announced each week. … En savoir plus

The Ice Watch Word of the Week is: Ivunik.

Ivunik is piled up ice and Ivujuk is the process of ice piling up. This often happens with moving ice piling up along the shore, or at the floe edge when the moving floe closes up against the land fast ice edge and creates pressure ridges of piled up ice.
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The Ice Watch Word of the Week is: Kanijjuk, Qanguti, Frost Flower.

Qanguti, Kanijjuk, Frost flowers are incredible crystals of salt and ice that can be seen forming on the surface of new ice as the salt is pushed out of the freezing ice.

Once sikuliaq freezes up enough so that it is thicker and no longer wavy, it is called sikuliaviniq or tuvaruaq. Using a harpoon, it can be walked on and when it gets thicker sometimes can support a skidoo.
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The Ice Watch Word of the Week is Sikuliaq (Sikuliak, Hikuliaq, Hikulihaaq).

Sikuliaq, or young ice, forms as sikuaq freezes up and gets thicker and harder. It no longer looks grey and can have some snow on top. It can be strong enough to support some animals but not always thick enough to support a person walking on it. siku.org/app#/map/browse/ice/37

 The Ice Watch Word of the Week is Sikuaq.

Sikuaq, or Hikuaq in the western dialects, is when Qinu or slushy ice begins to solidify and forms very thin freshly formed ice.
siku.org/app#/map/browse/ice/20

Sikuaq, or Hikuaq in the western dialects, is when Qinu or slushy ice begins to solidify and forms very thin freshly formed ice.
siku.org/app#/map/browse/ice/20

 The SIKU Ice Watch Word of the Week is Qaingu ᖃᐃᖑ (Qainngu ᖃᐃᙳ, Qainnuq ᖃᐃᓐᓄᖅ, Qaimnguq).

Qaingu is ice that forms along the shore in the fall at the high tide line when Qinu, or slushy ice, is pushed onto the shore and builds up from waves and tides, where it freezes from slush into more solid Qaingu.

 The Ice Watch Word of the Week is: Qinu (ᕿᓄ), or Qinuaq (ᕿᓄᐊᖅ), which is slushy ice that is one of the first types of ice that forms in the fall and at the floe edge in winter. Learn more 

 Learn how to use the SIKU App to create an Ice Post eligible for a prize in the Ice Watch Challenge! SIKU works without an internet connection so you can save posts about ice conditions when you are on the land.

 The 2023 Ice Watch has begun!
Support ice safety and knowledge transfer in your community by sharing Ice Posts with the SIKU app - you could win a Ski-Doo from Contant, Northern gift cards and more!

Learn more at https://siku.org/icewatch. Ice Watch is a collaboration between Arctic Eider Society and SmartICE.

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The Ice Watch Word of the Week is Sikuliaviniq / Tuvaruaq

Once sikuliaq freezes up enough so that it is thicker and no longer wavy, it is called sikuliaviniq ot tuvaruaq. Using a harpoon, it can be walked on and when it gets thicker sometimes can support a skidoo.