Stories & Events

Stories & Events

Environmental change in the Arctic over recent decades is increasingly at the center of international interest and debate. ELOKA works at the intersection between Indigenous Knowledge and scientific expertise as complementary and reinforcing ways of understanding the Arctic system and how it is changing over time. By working together, Arctic residents and researchers can make significant contributions to a deeper understanding of the Arctic and the social and environmental changes ongoing in the region. Read about ELOKA research, collaborations and events.

 


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Arctic Observing Summit 2024 group photo
ELOKA Event

The Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic (ELOKA) team members Noor Johnson, Tash Haycock-Chavez, Joshua Brown (virtual attendance), and Matt Druckenmiller attended the Arctic Observing Summit (AOS), a biannual meeting focuse

students film elders in the classroom
ELOKA Spotlight
In November 2022, videography experts from the organization See Stories taught videomaking skills to a classroom of Chevak sixth graders in Alaska. Fifteen short videos will eventually make it the online Nunaput Atlas, which NSIDC's Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic (ELOKA) program helped create.
observers and team gather at Observer Meeting in November 2022
ELOKA Spotlight
Working with Indigenous communities takes time, resources, and patience, but a shift is needed in science to include community voices and observations to widen and deepen our collective breadth of knowledge. The Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic (ELOKA), a NSIDC program, continues to collaborate with the Alaska Arctic Observatory and Knowledge Hub (AAOKH) to support an online community-led observational data hub.
The ELOKA Program is generously supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation through awards OPP-1554271, OPP-1549912, and OPP-1546038