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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

 Denise Okheena’s Ice Watch Challenge post has been chosen as a feature video for broadcast on UvagutTV! It is an excellent example of community knowledge sharing using the SIKU App!… 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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Congratulations to Richard Amarualik from Iglulik - the May 22-28 Ice Watch Winner for their SIKU Ice Post siku.org/app#/map/deployment/31962 near their community.

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

Congratulations to Jason Iqaluq from Sanikiluaq - the May 8-14 Ice Watch Winner for their SIKU Ice Post siku.org/app#/map/deployment/31618 near their community.

 Congratulations to Naalak Mifsud from Kangiqsujuaq - the May 15-21 Ice Watch Winner for their SIKU Ice Post siku.org/app#/map/deployment/31929 documenting qainngu near their community.

 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.
siku.org/app#/map/browse/ice/20

 Congratulations to Jason Iqaluq from Sanikiluaq - the May 8-14 Ice Watch Winner for their SIKU Ice Post siku.org/app#/map/deployment/31618 near their community.