Climate change means the Inuit do what they’ve always done: Adapt

A program called SmartICE blends traditional knowledge and technology to help northern communities adapt as sea ice changes.

NAIN, Newfoundland — Rex Holwell has spent his life on the sea ice that forms each winter off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador in eastern Canada. Like other Inuit, he learned to hunt seals and fish from his father and other men. They would skim over the sea ice, first on dog sleds and then, by the time Holwell started accompanying them, on gasoline-powered skidoos. Holwell wants this life – and freedom – for his children.