A journey to Churchill, CanadaLiving in the wild NorthA story of the research project PermaRisk. Turn on full screen and sound!
Life among belugas...
Every year up to 3.000 beluga whales migrate from the Hudson Bay into the Churchill River. The relatively warm river water is an ideal place for the whales to raise their young in the months from June to August.
… and polar bears
A special relationship
Voices of ChurchillLiving in the wild North
Parker Fitzpatrick
Engineer and trapper
Sandra Cook
Artist
Carley Basler
Sustainability Manager of the Churchill Northern Studies Centre
Kevin Burke
Tourist guide
Elijah Zimmermann
Executive director of the Churchill Northern Study Centre
LeeAnn Fishback
Scientific coordinator of the Churchill Northern Studies Centre
Dave Daley
Musher
Matthew Webb
Park Ecologist at Parks Canada
Facing the change
Dependent on the South
Growing vegetables to adapt
Growing vegetables to adapt
Indoor-Farming in the high North
The big challenge
Unterwegs in der ArktisEntdecke unseren anderen Geschichten über Permafrost und Polarforschung
Forever frozen?
What happens in the North when the climate warms? What is permafrost and why is it important?
Go on a research expedition to the Arctic and discover the permafrost!
The permafrost risk
Scientists of the team PermaRisk investigate the permafrost in Churchill, Canada. Go on expedition with them and find out how permafrost is changing!
Research in Churchill
Das Churchill Northern Studies Centre untertstützt Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler aus aller Welt und allen Disziplinen bei der Erforschung des hohen Nordens. Ganz besonderer Bildungsurlaub vermittelt Touristen die wissenschaftliche Sicht auf Eisbären, Belugas, Tundra und Co.
References
A project of the research group PermaRisk
Research at Churchill was conducted with the support of the Churchill Northern Studies Centre.
The project was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and supported by Frontiers North Adventures.
Scenario, production and postproduction: denkbargruen and dsein
Design: dsein
Photo and Video:
Page 1 - PermaRiskSeite 2 - Captain Blood CC BY-SA 3.0
Page 3, 4 - Frontiers North Adventures
Page 5 bis 10, 12, 13, 15 - Sina Muster
Page 11 - Moritz Langer
Page 13 - Simon Gee
LeeAnn
Zum AnfangDave Daley
Dog breeder and musher