Uummannaq is a Greenlandic island settlement placed well above the Arctic Circle. Here the sun disappears from 7 November until 4 February each year: polar night. Many of its 1400 indigenous residents recall being able to travel across thickly-frozen sea ice to settlements dotting the fjord by dog sledge from December till May. In recent years that has changed dramatically; in 2022, there would be barely two months of reliably solid sea ice for on-ice activities central to Inuit culture, such as hunting and dog-sledging. By February, Inuit locals are still unable to walk atop the ice which keeps being fragmented by strong, warm winds and waves. Sikujumaataarpoq is the Kalaallisut (West Greenlandic) word meaning
4442 Overhead view of thin sea ice floe fragments between icebergs, failing to form into stable sea ice cover, packed ice and clear blue water. 2. Impacts Climate Visuals Principles: 2. Tell new stories, 4. Climate impacts are emotionally powerful, 5. Understand your audience Uummannaq is a Greenlandic island settlement placed well above the Arctic Circle. Here the sun disappears from 7 November until 4 February each year: polar night. Many of its 1400 indigenous residents recall being able to travel across thickly-frozen sea ice to settlements dotting the fjord by dog sledge from December till May. In recent years that has changed dramatically; in 2022, there would be barely two months of reliably solid sea ice for on-ice activities central to Inuit culture, such as hunting and dog-sledging. By February, Inuit locals are still unable to walk atop the ice which keeps being fragmented by strong, warm winds and waves. Sikujumaataarpoq is the Kalaallisut (West Greenlandic) word meaning "sea ice formation is delayed". City: Uummannaq Region: Arctic Country: Greenland Agency: Climate Visuals Creative Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Mandatory Credit: Adam Sébire / Climate Visuals Australian Artist-filmmaker Adam Sébire was in the Norwegian Arctic researching a PhD on visual art & climate change when border closures marooned him there for 18 months. He's since become one of the Arctic’s 4 million human inhabitants, with a front-row view on this climate change hotspot. Adam had just graduated as a documentary maker in 2004 when his experience of rising seas on the atoll nation of Tuvalu, only 2m above the Pacific Ocean, turned his focus to climate change. Fifteen years later he found himself in the middle of the 187cm Venice flood disaster. His climate-art videos, installations and photographs have been shown in film festivals, art galleries, museums and on TV around the world. Photographer name: Adam Sébire Photographer based in: Norway Social media: www.vimeo.com/adamsebire Website: www.adamsebire.info/the-works/anthropoScenes
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