Indigenous people in the Arctic CS

Question 1

2 Physical conditions of the Arctic

Answer 1

Low angle of sun keeps temps low - really short growing season

14.5km^2 consisting of ice covered arctic ocean

Question 2

Food Production Method (Barrow, Alaska)

Answer 2

Whale hunting - hunt bowhead whales which pass twice a year

Question 3

Food Production Method (Qaanaaq, Greenland)

Answer 3

Inuit people traditionally hunt marine animals such as marwhale - vitamin c

Question 4

2 Impacts of climate change on food security in the Arctic

Answer 4

Slush ice can’t be used to set up hunting

Animal migration patterns change making it harder to hunt

Question 5

2 socio-economic Impacts on the diets of indigenous people in the Arctic

Answer 5

Have to go to stores with higher prices even on low incomes

30% of inuit children suffer with malnutrition