About the Exhibit | Further Reading

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April 15, 2008 - May 1, 2009
Changing Exhibit Gallery

International Polar Year (IPY):

• IPY International Programme Office
  Information about International IPY activities.
  http://ipy.org
• U.S. IPY page
  Information about IPY studies by U.S. researchers.
  http://www.us-ipy.gov/Default.aspx
• Canada IPY (available in English, French, and Inuktitut)
  Information about Canadian IPY activities.
  http://www.ipycanada.ca/

Climate Information and Data:

• NSIDC's The State of the Cryosphere
  Provides an overview of the status of snow, ice, and permafrost as indicators of climate change.
  http://nsidc.org/sotc/
• NOAA Arctic Theme Page
  Provides Arctic information and a set of reputable indicators that describe the present state of the Arctic ecosystem and climate.
  http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/
• Download a copy of "A Change in the Weather," an article about Shari Gearheard's research in Nunavut, featured in the February 2008 issue of Natural History magazine:
  http://nsidc.org/research/projects/images/Change-In-The-Weather.pdf (PDF, 1.2 MB)
• Arctic Sea Ice News
  Contains daily images of near-real-time Arctic sea ice conditions, and monthly scientific analysis year-round, with more frequent updates during the melt season or as conditions warrant.
  http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/
• NASA's Earth Observatory
  Online source of earth science and environment information.
  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
• Environment Canada
  Information on Canada's environment and climate change.
  http://www.ec.gc.ca/envhome.html
• U.S. National Climatic Data Center
  http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html

Inuit, Traditional Knowledge and Climate Change:

• Visit the Inuit Circumpolar Council to learn more about Inuit around the Arctic:
  http://www.inuitcircumpolar.com
• To learn more about Inuit in Canada, visit
  http://www.itk.ca/
• Order a copy of When the Weather is Uggianaqtuq: Inuit Observations of Environmental Change. This CD-ROM is featured in the Silavut exhibit, providing video, audio, maps, photos, and text that document Inuit observations of climate change in Nunavut, Canada.
  http://nsidc.org/data/arcss122.html
• Nunavut Tourism
  http://www.nunavuttourism.com/
• View Inuit Isaannit Silaannaq, a 2007 video documentary by Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa-TV (Greenland National Broadcasting Company) about the "Siku-Inuit-Hila" project and Gearheard's and Andy Mahoney's fieldwork in Greenland. (In Greenlandic; interviews with Gearheard and Mahoney are in English).
• The Alaska Native Science Commission provides an introduction to traditional knowledge (TK) and various issues related to TK.
  http://www.nativescience.org/html/traditional_knowledge.html
• The Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic is a new project building a data management service and data portal for local and traditional knowledge projects.
  http://eloka-arctic.org/
• Check out the International Institute for Sustainable Development's project on "Inuit Observations of Climate Change."
  http://www.iisd.org/casl/PROJECTS/inuitobs.htm
• Download Chapter 3 of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, "Changing Arctic: Indigenous Perspectives":
  http://www.acia.uaf.edu/pages/scientific.html

Weather in Your Area:

• U.S. National Weather Service
  Provides local weather information and historical data for the U.S.
  http://www.nws.noaa.gov/
• Canada Weather Office
  Provides local weather information and historical data for Canada.
  http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/

Education:

• NSIDC Education Center
  Information on the cryosphere: snow, glaciers, sea ice, frozen ground.
  http://nsidc.org/cryosphere/
• NSIDC Education Resources
  Educational materials and publications .
  http://nsidc.org/pubs/education_resources/index.html
• Database of educational activities and information on the cryosphere.
  http://nsidc.org/links/index.html
• Some Resources on Conducting Oral History Research.
  http://dohistory.org/on_your_own/toolkit/oralHistory.html
• For a collection of useful resources see Volume 25, 1998 of the Oral History Review:
  http://ohr.oxfordjournals.org/