SHARI FOX GEARHEARD is originally from southern Ontario, Canada.
She is a geographer and researcher with NSIDC, University of
Colorado Boulder, and lives full time in Kangiqtugaapik, Nunavut.
LENE KIELSEN HOLM is from Qaqortoq, South Greenland. She is a
researcher and project leader with the Greenland Climate Research
Centre, at Pinngortitaleriffik, Greenland Institute of Natural
Resources, in Nuuk. HENRY HUNTINGTON grew up on the east coast of
the United States. He lives now in Eagle
River, Alaska, and studies human- environment interactions in the
Arctic. JOE MELLO LEAVITT is a whaling captain and subsistence
hunter from Barrow, Alaska. He is a wellrespected expert on sea ice
and frequent collaborator with other researchers on sea ice
projects. ANDY MAHONEY, originally from Devon, England, is an
assistant professor of geophysics at the University of Alaska
Fairbanks, specializing in sea ice. MARGARET OPIE is a whaler and
subsistence hunter from Barrow, Alaska. She is retired from a
professional career with the local government, the North Slope
Borough. TOKU OSHIMA is a full time hunter, fisherwoman, and sewer
from Qaanaaq, Greenland. She is also a trained electrician. JOELIE
SANGUYA is a hunter, qimuksiqti (dog teamer), experienced
researcher, and filmmaker from Kangiqtugaapik, Nunavut.
"In a field of study - climate change/sea ice/Inuit - that can appear to be, at the least, overcrowded, The Meaning of Ice stands out and is outstanding. As I read it, what came to mind was that the best way to describe the volume's qualities is that it is nothing less than a work of Ethno-Anthropology, an odd but right term to use here. The Inuit who participated in Siku-Inuit-Hila, in concert with the project's editors and scientific advisors, have produced a work that removes its subject from the realm of abstraction and in so doing makes it absolutely clear that the sea ice is not someplace Inuit only venture onto; rather it is an essential aspect of Inuit culture and life. The Meaning of Ice is very much greater than the sum of its parts and kudos to all involved in it."-- "Arctic"
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