Food production techniques in an extreme environment, the Arctic
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- Food production techniques in an extreme environment, the Arctic
- Physical Conditions
- 14.5mil km^2 of land and ice-covered ocean
- thick ice, snow, bitter cold, frequent storms
- temperatures rarely rise above freezing
- Tundra has NPP of 140 because moisture adapted plants.
- Short roots avoid permafrost so low shrubs, lichens, and mosses are dominant.
- Food Production Methods used by Indigenous People
- Wakeham Bay, Quebec, northern Canada
- Fresh food sources from ocean, mussel farming from coastal caves.
- rich source of minerals and vitamins.
- Fresh food sources from ocean, mussel farming from coastal caves.
- Qaanaaq, northern Greenland
- Inuits are traditional hunters of the narwhal
- Robust source of Vitamin C
- Inuits are traditional hunters of the narwhal
- Barrow, Alaska
- Inupiat people hunt whales, eat twice/week
- Wakeham Bay, Quebec, northern Canada
- Threats to Food Security
- Impact of climate change on food sources
- Melting ice impacts habitats, animal travel routes, hunting grounds, egg laying etc.
- Seasonal change with earlier springs means many caribou don't survive
- Impact on diet of indigenous people
- Pollution and contamination of food sources becoming major problem
- Significant health declines amongst indigenous as they have to resort to other food sorts.
- Impact of climate change on food sources
- Physical Conditions
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