uiguak

Indigenous Knowledge

uiguaq ᐅᐃᒍᐊᖅ
'ᓯᓈᓂ ᓯᑯᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᖅ ᐅᐃᒍᓕᐅᑎᑦᓱᓂ ᑐᕙᕐᒧᑦ.  ᐊᑦᑕᓇᕐᓂᓕᒃ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐱᓱᕝᕕᐅᒍᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᔾᔨᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᓯᓈᖓ ᐅᐃᒍᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓚᒐᒥ.
New ice that forms at the sinaaq, meaning an “add on” either as the edge of the tuvaq becomes established or after a piece has broken off (uukkaqtuq) and it is re-freezing; it is usually thin and dangerous, but can sometimes be walked on if it is cold enough.' (North/South Qikiqtaaluk, Inuit Siku Atlas)

uuyuaq 
'Extension ice, literally ‘an extension of something’; ice and slush cemented onto land-fast ice, subject to removal by current or wind action; a very dangerous type of ice to walk on (HA)' (Seward Peninsula Inupiaq, Weyapuk Jr. and Krupnik 2012: 20)

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