"Out of the Arctic" — the SEARCH Podcast

Iceberg in the distance with podcast titled "Out of the Arctic" with Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) logo in the bottom right.

An Arctic soundscape exploring perspectives of environmental change

Through compelling (10-30 minute) episodes, Out of the Arctic:

  • highlights co-production of knowledge by SEARCH and others,
  • details the successes and challenges of co-production in the Arctic,
  • explores perspectives of Indigenous People, scientists, and decision makers about environmental change in the Arctic, and
  • deepens understanding of how environmental change in the Arctic impacts human communities and ecosystems.

10: Alaskan villages in a food crisis: Salmon management for the Yukon River at the nexus of needed change

12 May 2025

Co-authors of the latest Arctic Answers brief from SEARCH discuss the collapse of Yukon River Salmon, impacts of the collapse…

09: Shining a Light on Shishmaref

18 October 2024

Darlene Tocktoo Turner, a long-time educator and SEARCH researcher, sits down with team co-chairs Jamie Donatuto and Jackie Qataliña Shaeffer…

08: Adapting to Climate Change One Step at a Time

22 April 2024

Climate change creates challenges in so many ways. The Fairbanks region in Interior Alaska is no exception. In this episode,…

07: Disappearing Highways in the Ice: What Access to Walrus Means for People

7 March 2024

Nature and people are connected in myriad different ways. In the western Arctic, one of those connections is between sea…

06: “Our Garden Is the Tundra”

18 January 2023

Join us in the sixth episode of Out of the Arctic as we hear from Kotzebue resident and lifelong Alaskan,…

05: An Icebreaker, International Law, and “Owning” the Arctic

30 September 2022

Land, ice, and sea are not the only rapidly shifting elements of the Arctic. With increased political tensions rippling throughout…

04: When Code Comes Alive

19 August 2022

What’s it like to move between the digital world of climate modeling and the vast land, ice, and seascapes of…

03: My Sea Level Isn’t Your Sea Level

7 July 2022

In the third episode of Out of the Arctic we hear from two experts—Twila Moon (National Snow and Ice Data…

02: How Do We Know When—and If—We’re Saying the Same Thing?

7 June 2022

How do we know when and if we are saying the same thing? Across cultures? Knowledge systems? Values? Even vocabulary? Digging into this concept, we talk with SEARCH co-chair and co-Principal Investigator Vera Kingeekuk Metcalf to hear about her experiences with translation.

01: SEARCHing the Arctic

2 May 2022

Welcome to the first episode of Out of the Arctic. In this episode we introduce the latest phase of SEARCH,…