Qaliarittinnik

Indigenous Knowledge

Qaliarittinnik ᖃᓕᐊᕆᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ
'Thinner ice sliding over each other, becoming layers of ice along the floe edge' (Sanikiluaq Siku Terminology Workshop, 2018).

Qalirittinniit ᖃᓕᕆᑦᑎᓐᓃᑦ
'ᐱᐅᓯᖃᓲᖅ ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᓂᓚᒃ ᖁᐊᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᕋᒥ (ᐅᑭᐊᒃᑯᑦ, ᐅᑭᐅᒃᑯᑦ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᐱᕐᖔᒥ, ᑎᓂᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓯᓈᖓᒍᑦ), ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᓯᖁᑦᑎᕐᓂᑯᐃᑦ ᓯᑯᐃᑦ ᖃᓕᕇᑦᑎᖅᐸᒻᒪᑕ ᐃᒪᐅᑉ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᓄᕆᒧᑦ; ᖁᐊᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᕋᑖᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᖅᑐᖅ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖃᓕᕇᑦᑎᓐᓂᐅᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᖁᐊᕈᑎᓯᒪᓕᖅᓱᑎᒃ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᐃᓪᓕᓲᑦ ᐃᔾᔪᓂᖅᓴᕈᖅᓱᓂ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᙵᑦ ᐊᕙᑖᓃᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᖃᐃᕋᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᓯᑯᒥᒃ ᐊᑐᕋᑦᓴᐅᓕᖅᓱᓂ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᕕᒋᓗᒍ; ᐊᔾᔨᓱᖓ ᐃᕗᓃᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖃᓕᕇᑦᑎᓐᓃᑦ ᓄᑕᐅᓯᓲᑦ, ᓵᑦᑐᕈᓘᓕᖅᓱᓂ, ᐃᒪᐃᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᕗᓃᑦ ᐃᔾᔪᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᓲᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ
piusiqasuuq taimaak nilak quaqpallialirami (ukiakkut, ukiukkut, uvvaluunniit upirngaami, tininnikkut uvvaluunniit sinaangagut), tamakkua siquttirnikuit sikuit qaliriitiqpammata imaup aulaninganut uvvaluunniit anurimut; quaqpalliarataangutillugu attanaqtuq, kisiani qaliriittinniuliqtillugit quarutisimaliqsutik attanaillisuut ijjuniqsaruqsuni tamatumanngat avataaniittumik qairattumik sikumik aturatsauliqsuni ingirravigilugu; ajjisunga ivuniit kisiani qaliriittinniit nutausisuut, saatturuluuliqsuni, imaitillugu ivuniit ijjusivalliasuuq ukiugiakkanniq.
This condition occurs as the ice is forming (fall, winter, or spring, along the shore or floe edge), when some pieces of ice may break off and be forced on top of each other due to the influence of tide or wind; this condition can be dangerous when newly formed, but after these overlapping pieces have frozen together they become safe as they are thicker than the surrounding smooth ice and then are used for travel; similar to ivuniit, but qalirittinniit form with new, thinner ice, while ivuniit occurs with thicker ice in late winter.'
(Kinngait, South Qikiqtaaluk, Kinngait Sea Ice Glossary 2023: 21; associated with to rafted ice in the Inuit Siku Atlas)

Western Knowledge

Rafted Ice
'Type of deformed ice formed by one piece of ice overriding another.' (Section 1.8.2 'Deformed Ice', MANICE)