Sea ice is disappearing in the North. This is how Inuit are responding – CBC

Mar 09, 2025

Current ice levels are a foot lower than historical measures, says Inuk elder

For over 30 years, Reuben Flowers has been documenting the changes unfolding in the North.

The Inuk life skills teacher from Hopedale has spent decades jotting down daily observations of the weather conditions and ice levels in the capital of Nunatsiavut.

And his journals are proof that the climate is changing.

“The ice is definitely thinning,”  Flowers, 57, told Unreserved host Rosanna Deerchild. “When I was a child, it was much thicker then.”

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