A partnership for residents of Arctic Alaska coastal communities to share expertise and knowledge of changing coastal conditions
Above: Bobby Schaeffer, AAOKH Qikiqtaġruk observer, and AAOKH graduate student Mik’aq Lindley on the sea ice of Kotzebue Sound.
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Participating Communities
AAOKH coordinates observations from Indigenous Knowledge holders in these communities to provide a broad view of changing coastal conditions and impacts on access to traditional marine resources.
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Please get in touch if you have ideas for sharing environmental observations by Iñupiaq experts in northern Alaska coastal communities.
Latest News
We are excited to share the latest edition of AAOKH News, from the Alaska Arctic Observatory & Knowledge Hub (AAOKH). This edition is jam-packed, featuring summaries of: You can always track the latest observations on our Facebook page.
AAOKH team members were featured recently in a news article on the Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic (ELOKA) website regarding our work documenting long-term local observations in collaboration with Arctic communities, and particularly, outcomes from our 2022 Observer Meeting in November. ELOKA hosts the online database which AAOKH observations are housed…