1. Clyde River, Nunavut, Canada 27 August – 5 September 2009 Linking Inuit Knowledge and Local-Scale Environmental Modeling to Evaluate the Impacts of Changing Weather on Human Activities at Clyde River, Nunavut

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

6. Dr. Henry Huntington Pew Charitable Trusts And Huntington Consulting Synthesis of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and Science

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

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

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

10. Ilkoo Angutikjuak Clyde River Local Expertise and Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and Weather Forecaster

11. Laimikie Palluq Clyde River Local Expertise and Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (and polar bear lookout)

12. A two-day boat trip up Clyde Inlet / Fjord.

13. Laimikie’s Inuit Freighter Canoe (with a big motor)

14. Joelie’s boat.

19. Discussing possible meteorological tower locations.

20. Keeping an eye out for polar bear (nanuq), or any other kind of food.

22. (Very) Fresh Arctic Char

25. A camp on the beach.

26. And a cabin (if you are worried about polar bears).

27. In the 1950s the Canadian government gave the Inuit numbers (instead of English names), starting with an E or a W for eastern and western Canadian Arctic... Joelie

28. Icebergs from Jakobshavn, Greenland

29. Sighting Summary: 5 Snowy Owls 1 Gyre Falcon 2 Polar Bears 8 Ring Seals 1 (dead) Bowhead Whale 2 (live) Bowhead Whales Lots of Arctic Char Lots of Blueberries 6 Lemmings (caught and eaten by the dogs) 2 Red-Throated Loons 0 Narwhal (bummer) Northern Lights

30. A Clyde River dog who didn’t pass the, very strict, sled-dog test. local sled dogs

31. Ilkoo carving a polar bear for Glen (he is one of three carvers in Clyde River).

32. (from left) Laimikie Palluq, Elijah Kautaq, and Joelie Sanguya, marking end-of-winter snow-free areas within a 150-km radius of Clyde River (to be compared with our model simulations)

34. The End Inuksuk (to guide the way)