Calving

Indigenous Knowledge

Nakattuq iluikkaq

"'A breaking of a mass of ice'"

Source: Lisi Kavik-Mickiyuk (Sanikiluarmiutitut)


Scientific Knowledge

"Calving: The breaking away of a mass of ice from an ice wall, ice front or iceberg."

Source: MANICE, https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/weather-manuals-documentation/manice-manual-of-ice/chapter-1.html#Surface

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English

Term Dialect
Calving Standard English

Greenlandic

Term Dialect
Sermip Nakkaaffia Kitaamiusut Kalaallisut

Inuktut

Term Dialect
Nakattuq iluikkaq Nunavimmiutitut - Sanikiluarmiut

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