Ключевые слова: местные сообщества, морской лед, социально-климатические системы, социально-экономические системы, устойчивость.
The Impac t of Coastal Sea Ice Instability on the Livelihoods of Local Communities in the North Pacific
This study explores the impacts of coastal sea ice variability through the lens of Indigenous knowledge as well as anticipated impacts of sea ice variability on local communities in the North Pacific. Climate change is having a significant impact on coastal communities in the Arctic. These processes are especially acute in the Northern regions. This research explores how Indigenous peoples of the North, living on both sides of the Bering Sea - from southwestern Alaska to the Russian Far East, withstand rapid environmental and social changes in the unpredictable ecological environment of the Arctic and how such changes affect physical, biological and socio-economic systems.
Keywords: local communities, sea ice, socio-climatic and socio-economic systems, robustness.