Shifting perspectives on shifting ice: Documenting and representing Inuit use of the sea ice

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-19

  Aporta, Claudio ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

climatic change; Inuit; land use studies; sea ice

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ICE COVER; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LAND USE; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH WORK; SEA ICE;

CANADA; NUNAVIK; NUNAVUT; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 79953292918     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2010.00340.x     Document Type: Article

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