whaling trail mapping
Film release! A new film about sea ice and whaling by Kim and Lloyd Pikok now online!
We’re thrilled to announce the online film release of ‘It’s All About the Happy People’, a film by Kimberly Kivvaq Pikok and Lloyd Pikok, Jr. about sea ice, whaling, and working together on Alaska’s Northern Coast in Utqiagvik, Alaska. The film was produced as part of Kimberly’s M.S. Thesis at University of Alaska Fairbanks. Learn…
Trails to the Whale: a new book documenting nearly 20 years of mapping sea ice trails near Utqiaġvik, Alaska
Each spring, Iñupiat hunters route and build trails across the shorefast sea ice off Utqiaġvik, Alaska to access hunting sites along the lead edge as they pursue the bowhead whale during its spring migration to the Beaufort Sea. Since 2007, an ongoing collaboration between whalers, scientists, and local organizations have worked together to map and…
Kimberly Kivvaq Pikok defends her M.S. Thesis
We are so proud of Kimberly Kivvaq Pikok, who defended her Master of Science Thesis in Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Fairbanks Alaska on October 1, 2024. Kim delivered her defense titled “Centering community and joy through co-production: Tracking the seasonal changes of Utqiagvik’s spring whaling” from her Iñupiaq homelands in Utqiagvik, Alaska with…
Summer 2024 Newsletter
Hot off the press: check out our Winter 2023 newsletter!
Announcing Roberta Tuurraq Glenn as AAOKH’s Project Coordinator & Community Liaison
We have some exciting news to share with you! Please help us welcome Roberta Tuurraq Glenn to the Alaska Arctic Observatory & Knowledge Hub (AAOKH) project in a new capacity as the first AAOKH Program Coordinator and Community Liaison. As you may recall, Roberta is a recent graduate of the UAF geoscience master’s program – one…
Explore our new StoryMap to learn about Arctic change from the perspective of AAOKH observers
Announcing the launch of a new online product sharing ‘Insights from Coastal Arctic Indigenous observers,’ expertly curated by Roberta Tuurraq Glenn as part of her M.S. degree at University of Alaska Fairbanks. As explained in the StoryMap: “Community-based observations from AAOKH observers offer insight into the impacts of rapid Arctic environmental change from a local…
New maps available: ice trails used by Utqiaġvik whalers
Similar to previous years, we are excited to share ice trail maps used by Utqiaġvik whalers, including a map of ice thickness along the trails. Josh Jones (AAOKH) and Matt Drukenmiller (NSIDC) have taken the lead on this mapping effort, with support from Craig George, Kimberly Kivvaq Pikok, and several team members from the UAF…
Read about our latest work in the new Winter 2021 AAOKH Newsletter!
The latest AAOKH News is headed to mailbox holders in AAOKH communities – read it here first! The Winter 2021 newsletter highlights: key observations over the past summer and fall, including evidence of killer whales in the Beaufort Sea recent weather and climate patterns perspectives from Billy Adams in Utqiagvik, in the Observer’s Corner section…
We’re hiring! New Post Doctoral Position!
The Alaska Arctic Observatory and Knowledge Hub (AAOKH) at the International Arctic Research Center and University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) seeks a Post Doctoral Fellow interested in applied transdisciplinary data science. We are searching for early career researchers interested in collaborative approaches to improve the relevance and usefulness of community-based environmental observations across coastal Arctic…