2023: E8: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: OPENING UP AND CROWDING IN: DYNAMIC ADAPTATION TO EVOLVING ARCTIC SEA ICE LOSS

Guests: Abigail York, Tatiana Degai, Andy Mahoney, Priscilla Frankson, Travis Kaningok

The Arctic is warming on average twice as rapidly as the rest of the planet, which is leading to significant changes in sea ice to which local communities must respond. Beringia, a region of the Arctic encompassing US and Russian territory, is expected to experience some of the highest variability in sea ice conditions in the coming century. The ARC NAV project brings together communities and Indigenous and non-Indigenous scientists to better understand sea ice change and how we might design better and more flexible governance to adapt. In this podcast, the featured guests are Assistant Professor at University of Victoria, Tatiana Degai, Iñupiaq graduate student at Arizona State University, Priscilla Frankson who is originally from Point Hope, and St. Lawrence Island Yupik community research lead, Travis Kaningok from Gambell, with host Abigail York, a social scientist, and Professor at Arizona State University. The guests will talk about their ongoing work, impacts of sea ice change in their home communities and across the Arctic region, and the importance of Indigenous voices, Indigenous scholarship and community-driven research in Arctic science and knowledge creation.

Find out more about their research at:

https://www.arcnav.org/