1. Clyde River, Baffin Island: Nunavut, Canada

2. Linking Inuit Knowledge and Local-Scale Environmental Modeling to Evaluate the Impacts of Changing Weather on Human Activities at Clyde River, Nunavut May 2011

3. The purpose of this trip was to service our meteorological stations and continue to work with our Clyde River collaborators.

4. = our met stations = Clyde River hamlet = Clyde River airport met station Silasiutitalik Station Ailaktalik Station Akuliaqattak Station

5. Dr. Shari Gearheard Project Leader University of Colorado And Clyde River Resident Linking Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (Traditional Knowledge) and Science

6. Dr. Kelly Elder US Forest Service Snow, Meteorological Towers

7. Dr. Henry Huntington Pew Charitable Trusts And Huntington Consulting Synthesis of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and Science Henry barely fits within the foundation of an ancient Inuit dwelling.

8. Dr. Glen Liston Colorado State University Snow and Meteorological Modeling

9. Dylan Elder Lesher Middle School, Fort Collins, Colorado Scientist-In-Training

10. Esa Qillaq Clyde River Local Expertise and Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (Traditional Knowledge)

11. Joelie Sanguya Clyde River Local Expertise and Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (Traditional Knowledge)

12. Raygee Palituq Clyde River Local Expertise and Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (Traditional Knowledge)

23. Silasiutitalik Station

24. This tower requires almost no work! Just swapping the data cards, updating the data logger program, and checking to be sure all systems are working as intended.

28. Another day at the office...

30. A traditional iglu (igloo) built outside of town.

31. Tall enough to stand in.

33. Dinner for sled dogs (seal).

35. Shari’s 7-month old (big!) sled dog puppies!

36. Nice eyebrows! An obvious family trait!

39. Off to another meteorological tower.

40. Ailaktalik Station

41. Re-wiring the data logger (cold work with bare hands).

42. Wiring and installing a new anemometer.

43. Snack Time

44. Checking the tower outputs with the computer.

45. Using a satellite phone to confirm the tower data is getting to the web site.

47. Everything is working, time to go home.

49. An iceberg from Greenland.

50. On to the next station.

53. A seal den under the snow surface (dug out and marked by an Arctic Fox).

60. An ice bulge on the river.

63. Polar bear tracks in soft snow. A small polar bear in hard snow.

65. Polar Bear Mittens

67. Lunch Time Arctic Char And Caribou (raw, frozen)

70. Caribou

73. Akuliaqattak Station

74. Polar Bear Damage?

75. We replaced both anemometers and the barometer.

76. Wiring the new anemometer.

79. Back in business!

81. An ancient Inuit dwelling foundation.

84. Snack Time

85. Fueling Snow Machines

86. Fueling People

93. Getting Colder …

95. The End