ice watch

  • Ice Watch 2024 launch video

    uploaded by: SIKU

    channel: SIKU

    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.

    Uqalimakkanirit

    uploaded date: 21-03-2024

  • Ice Watch 2024 Teaser Trailer Video

    uploaded by: SIKU

    channel: SIKU

     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. … Uqalimakkanirit

    uploaded date: 14-02-2024

  • 2m 15s

    Ivunik - Ice Watch Word of the Week 7

    uploaded by: SIKU

    channel: SIKU

    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.
    siku.org/app#/map/browse/ice/9

    Uqalimakkanirit

    uploaded date: 16-06-2023

  • 2m 19s

    Ice Watch Word of the Week - Qanguti

    uploaded by: SIKU

    channel: SIKU

    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.

    Uqalimakkanirit

    uploaded date: 09-06-2023

  • 1m 55s

    Sikuliaviniq - Ice Watch Word of the Week 5

    uploaded by: SIKU

    channel: SIKU

    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.
    siku.org/app#/map/browse/ice/46

    Uqalimakkanirit

    uploaded date: 02-06-2023

  • 1m 58s

    Sikuliaq - Ice Watch Word of the Week 4

    uploaded by: SIKU

    channel: SIKU

    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

    Uqalimakkanirit

    uploaded date: 26-05-2023

  • 2m 10s

    Sikuaq - Ice Watch Word of the Week 3

    uploaded by: SIKU

    channel: SIKU

     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.
    siku.org/app#/map/browse/ice/20

    Uqalimakkanirit

    uploaded date: 19-05-2023

  • 2m 19s

    Qaingu - Ice Watch Word of the Week 2

    uploaded by: SIKU

    channel: SIKU

     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.

    Uqalimakkanirit

    uploaded date: 12-05-2023

  • 2m 46s

    SIKU Ice Watch 2023 - How to Make an Ice Post

    uploaded by: SIKU

    channel: SIKU

     Learn how to use the SIKU App to create an Ice Post eligible for a prize in the Ice Watch Challenge! SIKU works without an internet connection so you can save posts about ice conditions when you are on the land.

    Uqalimakkanirit

    uploaded date: 05-05-2023

  • 2m 16s

    2023 Ice Watch Launch Video

    uploaded by: SIKU

    channel: SIKU

     The 2023 Ice Watch has begun!
    Support ice safety and knowledge transfer in your community by sharing Ice Posts with the SIKU app - you could win a 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.

    Uqalimakkanirit

    uploaded date: 22-03-2023

  • 1m 46s

    Sikuliaviniq - Ice Watch Word of the Week 7

    uploaded by: SIKU

    channel: SIKU

    Description

    The Ice Watch Word of the Week is Sikuliaviniq / Tuvaruaq

    Once sikuliaq freezes up enough so that it is thicker and no longer wavy, it is called sikuliaviniq ot tuvaruaq. Using a harpoon, it can be walked on and when it gets thicker sometimes can support a skidoo.

    Uqalimakkanirit

    uploaded date: 06-05-2022

  • 1m 50s

    Sikuliaq - Ice Watch Word of the Week 6

    uploaded by: SIKU

    channel: SIKU

    Description

    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.

    Uqalimakkanirit

    uploaded date: 29-04-2022

  • 2m 6s

    Sikuaq - Ice Watch Word of the Week 5

    uploaded by: SIKU

    channel: SIKU

    Description

    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.

    Uqalimakkanirit

    uploaded date: 21-04-2022

  • 2m 11s

    Ivunik - Ice Watch Word of the Week 4

    uploaded by: SIKU

    channel: SIKU

    Description

    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.

    Uqalimakkanirit

    uploaded date: 15-04-2022