Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. vice-president Udloriak Hanson, left, responds to Anita Uvuttuvak, right, after Uvuttuvak received loud applause for her speech. (Photo by David Venn)
One critic says video is ‘racist’; union says it shows testimonies freely given by Inuit workers
Inuit were self-sufficient before Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. existed and will continue to be if the company’s proposed expansion doesn’t go through, said a Pond Inlet resident Wednesday afternoon at the Nunavut Impact Review Board hearing.
Sea ice is more extensive than in recent low years, but still far lower than historically — even as other markers, such as thickness and age, show declines
But the extent still shows a clear downward trend — and there are other troubling signs, such as near-record thinness and the loss of much multi-year ice