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Learn how to make an ice post that qualifies to win an Ice Watch prize! Support ice safety and share knowledge in your community by sharing Ice Posts with the SIKU app - you could win an Expedition Sport 900 Ace Ski-Do Ski-Doo from Contant, Northern gift cards and more!

Learn more at https://siku.org/icewatch

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The SIKU 2024 Goose Watch Challenge has begun!
Indigenous communities across the North are working together to help track this year’s goose migration using SIKU - you could win a $1000 gift card, sponsored by Northern! Learn more at https://siku.org/goosewatch

Stay safe and good hunting!

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The 2024 Ice Watch has begun!
Support ice safety and share knowledge in your community by making Ice Posts with SIKU - you could win an Expedition Sport 900 Ace Ski-Doo from Contant, Northern gift cards and more! Learn more at https://siku.org/icewatch. Ice Watch is a collaboration between Arctic Eider Society and SmartICE.

 It’s almost time for the 2024 Ice Watch Challenge! All posts made this ice season will be reviewed by a panel of Inuit ice experts and considered for grand prizes, including a brand new Ski-Doo!
The challenge officially begins on March 1* and weekly winner prizes will be announced each week. … Read more

 Congratulations to Danny Angnatuk, Lucas Owlijoot and Joe Kavik, the winners of the Goose Watch Challenge grand prize draw! Their posts demonstrate how SIKU facilitates Indigenous communities working together across the North.… Read more

Congratulations to our recent SIKU GooseWatch community winners; Scott Andersen, John Eetuk, Ryan Nivingalok, Gina Panigayak, Basil Ammaaq, Wade Maring and Tagoo Willie … Read more

The Ice Watch Word of the Week is: Ivunik.

Ivunik is piled up ice and Ivujuk is the process of ice piling up. This often happens with moving ice piling up along the shore, or at the floe edge when the moving floe closes up against the land fast ice edge and creates pressure ridges of piled up ice.
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The Ice Watch Word of the Week is: Kanijjuk, Qanguti, Frost Flower.

Qanguti, Kanijjuk, Frost flowers are incredible crystals of salt and ice that can be seen forming on the surface of new ice as the salt is pushed out of the freezing ice.

Congratulations to our recent SIKU GooseWatch community winners, Evander Cheezo, Emma Lazarus, Stanley Annanak, Jobie Nuvuka, Matthew Okpik, Ian Alaku, Willia Amamaatuak, Iola Sagiaktuk, Denise Okheena for posting the first Siku app Goose Posts in Eastmain, Kashechewan, Kangiqsualujjuaq, Kuujjuaraapik, Quaqtaq, Kangiqsujuaq, Salluit, Kimmirut and Ulukhaktok.… Read more

Once sikuliaq freezes up enough so that it is thicker and no longer wavy, it is called sikuliaviniq or tuvaruaq. Using a harpoon, it can be walked on and when it gets thicker sometimes can support a skidoo.
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The Ice Watch Word of the Week is Sikuliaq (Sikuliak, Hikuliaq, Hikulihaaq).

Sikuliaq, or young ice, forms as sikuaq freezes up and gets thicker and harder. It no longer looks grey and can have some snow on top. It can be strong enough to support some animals but not always thick enough to support a person walking on it. siku.org/app#/map/browse/ice/37

 Learn how to make a Goose Watch post using the SIKU App! Add a photo of the goose or nest and tag your community. Upload your post to SIKU and you’re automatically entered to win great prizes! Harvest, nest and other observation posts are all eligible and SIKU works without an internet connection, so you can save posts when you are on the land.

 The Ice Watch Word of the Week is Sikuaq.

Sikuaq, or Hikuaq in the western dialects, is when Qinu or slushy ice begins to solidify and forms very thin freshly formed ice.
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 Congratulations to our recent SIKU GooseWatch community winners, Paulusi Alayco, Dylan Basto, Cornilusie Niviaxie, Brian Kasudluak, Danny Angnatuk, Jobie Fleming, Billy Palliser, Allan Rumbolt, David Saunders, Ryan Solomon Jaaji Akpahatak, Daryll Baker and Daniel Jaaka for posting the first @sikuapp Goose Posts in Akulivik, Hopedale, Umiujaq, Inukjuaq, Kuujjuaq, Kuujjuaraapik, Puvirnituq,… Read more

Sikuaq, or Hikuaq in the western dialects, is when Qinu or slushy ice begins to solidify and forms very thin freshly formed ice.
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 The SIKU Ice Watch Word of the Week is Qaingu ᖃᐃᖑ (Qainngu ᖃᐃᙳ, Qainnuq ᖃᐃᓐᓄᖅ, Qaimnguq).

Qaingu is ice that forms along the shore in the fall at the high tide line when Qinu, or slushy ice, is pushed onto the shore and builds up from waves and tides, where it freezes from slush into more solid Qaingu.