anakluk - dirty ice

Indigenous Knowledge

anakluk ᐊᓇᒃᓗᒃ
'Dirty ice, created where the ice scrapes along shallow areas or sandy shorelines, or can be brownish on the bottom where it was grounded or where brown algae has grown on the bottom' (Sanikiluaq Siku Terminology Workshop 2018).

anarluit ᐊᓇᕐᓗᐃᑦ ~ kakiittuq ᑲᑮᑦᑐᖅ
'ᓯᑯᐃᑦ ᑲᑮᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᓇᕐᓗᐃᑦ;
Ikuit kakiittut anarluit;
Dirty looking ice.' (Kinngait, South Qikiqtaaluk, Kinngait Sea Ice Glossary 2023: 42)

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