Who are the Inuit?? Who lives in the Arctic? It is a vast area covering the north of the globe, and when we ask this question the answer is often ‘the Inuit’. Who are the Inuit though? Well, much like saying someone is from Africa or Asia, it is a very very broad description of … Continue reading 11: Peoples of the North- the Inuit

Trade routes have always been important to people, and have been the reason that many famed explorers have set off on their adventures, such as Franklin trying to discover ways of getting through Canada’s northwest passage and Columbus accidentally crashing into America when looking for a route to the far east. Finding short routes to … Continue reading 10: The Arctic Corridor

For a bit of a change this week I thought that rather than looking at a particular issue or concept, we could give a bit of a spotlight to an Arctic creature. Polar bears get all the media coverage, and reindeer get lots of love each Christmas, so I thought we could take a look … Continue reading 9: The Arctic Fox

I love it when two words are shoved together to create a very accurately descriptive new word, which is why I’m committing to calling this podcast/blog a plog. I held off before because plogging is already a thing (jogging and picking up plastic along the way), but words can have two meanings right? Anyways, I’m … Continue reading 8: Permafrost and deadly mummies

So after last week’s discussion on knowledge and respecting other cultures and ways of thinking, I thought I’d go for something a little more juvenile this week- poo! Now, most people can see the enjoyment in watching ducklings quacking away on a lake or bear cubs rolling around play fighting in the grass, or even … Continue reading 7: Poo- the notice board of nature

Becoming academically trained in natural sciences can takes years of hard work and even once you’ve got your little piece of paper saying you’re qualified, there’s always so much more to learn throughout a career in research. It seems natural then that scientific research about the environment should be done by trained scientists, and so … Continue reading 6: Science and local/indigenous knowledge

Various forms of life on earth are united by one particular need, this being the need for energy. For many creatures, this is done through a wonderful biological process, one of my favourites in fact. This is eating… On land we can look at a basic example of a food chain, which shows how energy … Continue reading 5: Phytoplankton- the lungs of the ocean