Imaqtaq - Open area in newly formed ice

Indigenous Knowledge

Imaqtaq ᐃᒪᖅᑕᖅ
'ᓯᑯᕋᑖᖅᑐᒥᓂᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᓯᑯᕋᑖᒥ ᐃᒪᐅᓂᑲᓪᓚᖏᑦ ᓯᑯᓇᓵᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ; ᖁᐊᕐᓇᓵᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᓄᕆᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ, ᖁᐊᕐᓂᐊᕋᓗᐊᖅᓱᓂ ᐅᑭᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅᐸᑦ (ᐃᒪᖅᑕᕕᓂᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓗᓂ) sikurataaqtuminiutillugu tamakkua sikurataami imaunikallangit sikunasaatuinnaqtut; quarnasaaqtuq anuriqattarninganut aulanirmullu, quarniaraluaqsuni ukiakkanniqpat (imaqtaviniruqpallialuni) a patch of open water surrounded by newly formed ice; delayed freezing due to wind or current influences, but will freeze over later in the season (becoming imaqtaviniq)' (Kinngait Sea Ice Glossary, Alasuaq et al. 2023: 28)

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