Article 4W8HT App helps Inuit hunters navigate thinning sea ice in Canadian Arctic

App helps Inuit hunters navigate thinning sea ice in Canadian Arctic

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Leyland Cecco in Toronto
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A new mobile phone app has been devised to help Inuit hunters in northern Canada avoid an increasingly dangerous effect of climate change: unpredictable sea ice.

Developed under the guidance of the Arctic Eider Society, the app aims to draw on the catalogue of traditional knowledge that has helped the Inuit thrive in an unforgiving region.

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