Transcript living_in_the_arctic

LIVING IN THE ARCTIC.
© John Zobel
© Judith Varney Burch
An Arctic view of the world
ARCTIC SETTLEMENTS.
Settlements in Arctic regions
have often been set up for
political or resource
extraction reasons.
Indigenous people have in
the past practised nomadic
hunting of marine and land
animals. Nowadays semi
nomadic subsistence
hunting and reindeer herding
is carried on by such Arctic
peoples as the Inuit and the
Sami under local, national
and international regulation.
Indigenous peoples are
nowadays mostly settled in a
number of small settlements
and towns throughout the
Arctic. Migrants to these
settlements tend to be
employed in the service or
resource extraction
industries.
Why would semi nomadic
reindeer herders use a
Yaranga (a type of tent)
in the 21st century?
©Anne Marie Magga ealát.org
What problems would a town
planner face in building a new
settlement in the Arctic?
© S .Burgess
© R.Molony
Siorapaluk is the most
northerly indigenous
permanent settlement in
the world. How would
climate change affect the
inhabitants in the future?
Climate and equipment.
Outline the special equipment you might
need to travel on Arctic sea in the month of
April near Qaanaaq when the temperature
could fall to minus 30 degrees Celsius?
What special equipment might an expedition
require to travel in temperatures of 6 degrees
Celsius from Uelen to Little Diomede Island in
July?
© R. Burgess
© R.Molony
Counting calories
Food cannot be grown in the
Arctic due to the low
temperatures and the frozen soil.
Indigenous people have utilised a
variety of animals for food
including reindeer and fish. The
low temperatures require a higher
calorie intake than inhabitants of
warmer parts of the planet. Any
additional food supplies have to
be imported into the area by air or
sea transport.
Design a ration pack that a
Geographer studying global
warming might require for a three
month expedition in the High
Arctic.
© S. Burgess
Ellen Inga Turi Ealát.org
Travel in the Arctic regions.
Arctic travelling requires a variety of specialist transport to deal with the difficult and changing climatic
conditions that can be experienced in the region. Why are these forms of transport suitable for Arctic
conditions?
Dog team travelling near Inchoun
Chukotka © S. Burgess
Vezdekhod tracked vehicles travelling
across the tundra in Chukotka © S. Burgess
Bush plane delivering supplies to
Wales Alaska © S. Burgess
Russian ice breaker Qaanaaq Greenland © R.Molony