Climate change is most pronounced in the Arctic with:
Native villages in Alaska are particularly vulnerable with their subsistence cultures closely attuned to the stability of regional biophysical conditions. We can all learn about climate change from the people in this region with their Indigenous Science as a way of knowing and living on their land. This website serves as a video library of two native villages in Alaska on the front line of climate change - Savoonga and Shaktoolik - documenting the climate change impacts they are witnessing, describing their key vulnerabilities, and providing an in-depth study of storms and changing wind patterns. Applying their traditional ecological knowledge and practices adds depth to our conventional scientific methods making for better science.
This film by Jonathan Ignatowski considers the climatic changes in Savoonga by exploring its impact on maintaining the village’s subsistence food culture.
Residents of Savoonga send out a message to world leaders and the global community about what they are seeing on the front lines of climate change.
