indigenous knowledge

 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. … Read more

Congratulations to Daniel Jaaka from Ivujivik - first place winner of the Ice Watch Challenge! Daniel won an Expedition Sport 600A 2023 Ski-Doo sponsored by Contant for their SIKU Ice Post siku.org/app#/map/deployment/29493 documenting qinu near their community.

 Watch as we showcase a selection of Ice Watch Challenge posts that demonstrate community knowledge-sharing using the SIKU App!

Congratulations to Rex Willie from Arctic Bay: the June 26 - July 2 Ice Watch Winner for their SIKU Ice Post siku.org/app#/map/deployment/34072 near their community.

Watch as we showcase a selection of Ice Watch Challenge posts that demonstrate community knowledge-sharing using the SIKU App!

 Watch our selection of Ice Watch Challenge posts that demonstrate community knowledge-sharing using the SIKU App!

 Congratulations to Karen Nanook from Taloyoak - the June 19-25 Ice Watch Winner for their SIKU Ice Post siku.org/app#/map/deployment/33813 near their community.

Congratulations to our recent SIKU GooseWatch community winners; Scott Andersen, John Eetuk, Ryan Nivingalok, Gina Panigayak, Basil Ammaaq, Wade Maring and Tagoo Willie … Read more

 Congratulations to Lollita Evvik from Pangnirtung - the June 12-18 Ice Watch Winner for their SIKU Ice Post siku.org/app#/map/deployment/33412 documenting aukkaaniq near their community.

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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Congratulations to Owen Willie from Arctic Bay - the June 5-11 Ice Watch Winner for their SIKU Ice Post siku.org/app#/map/deployment/32982 documenting aajuraq near their community.

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.

 Congratulations to Johnny Mike from Pangnirtung - the May 29 - June 4 Ice Watch Winner for their SIKU Ice Post siku.org/app#/map/deployment/32782 documenting sinaaq near their community.

Congratulations to our recent SIKU GooseWatch community winners, Evander Cheezo, Emma Lazarus, Stanley Annanak, Jobie Nuvuka, Matthew Okpik, Ian Alaku, Willia Amamaatuak, Iola Sagiaktuk, Denise Okheena for posting the first Siku app Goose Posts in Eastmain, Kashechewan, Kangiqsualujjuaq, Kuujjuaraapik, Quaqtaq, Kangiqsujuaq, Salluit, Kimmirut and Ulukhaktok.… Read more

 Denise Okheena’s Ice Watch Challenge post has been chosen as a feature video for broadcast on UvagutTV! It is an excellent example of community knowledge sharing using the SIKU App!… Read more

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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