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Sooner or Later: Understanding the “When” of Sea Ice-Free Arctic Summer

By Alex Shahbazi | 26 July 2023

The vast Arctic Ocean at the top of our planet has been covered in sea ice longer than humans have been on Earth. Crucial habitat upon which Arctic ecosystems and…

How Do 40+ Diverse Experts Synthesize across Disciplines and Knowledge Systems?

By brendanpkelly | 18 July 2023

Some years ago, Cyrus Harris, a hunter in Kotzebue, Alaska, realized Elders living in care facilities suffered without access to their traditional foods. Cyrus then collaborated with other co-workers from…

A Meeting of Minds: Five Hundred Years of Arctic Knowledge & Experience

By Athena Copenhaver | 18 July 2023

If we were to add up the collective years of the recently formed SEARCH Advisory Committee, we’d get pretty close to half a millennium. Between October 2022 and March 2023,…

Connecting Family & Friends, Food & Freezers

By Athena Copenhaver | 18 July 2023

A Friday evening phone call between Executive Director Athena Copenhaver and team member from Savoonga Bryan Rookok, Jr. turned into an hour-long discussion of hunting, weather, family, and food. Never…

Co-Production of Knowledge in the Arctic

By Alex Shahbazi | 18 July 2023

Upon receiving funding for a fresh phase of SEARCH centering the practice of co-production in 2021, we set out to understand the greater landscape of co-production in the Arctic. This…