Students around the world can debate and discuss life in polar and non-polar communities, and start a dialogue between them. If you would like to get involved, download a flyer in your language, share around your networks, and talk to students in your area and around the world on People Day!
LOCAL DISCUSSION
Please download a flyer below (many languages available) or read the activity online at:
Connecting Communities From Pole to Pole
English flyers: Discussion Activity - People Summary
GLOBAL DISCUSSION
We encourage those classes or teachers with internet access to share their ideas in an online forum at http://polarday.tiged.org during the week of September 22 (and beyond). The on-line classroom is now live, please register your class ahead of time and look around the site. Please send any feedback about the site to Kristi Skebo at
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registration instructions (PDF)
Registration Code: polardaycollaborator
ACTIVITY FLYERS IN MANY LANGUAGES
Arabic
中文(Chinese) (1.13MB) 中文(Chinese) (270KB)
Croatian (1.1MB) Croatian (206KB)
Dansk (1.0 MB) Dansk (135KB)
Deutsch (1.04MB) Deutsch (171 KB)
English (1.0MB) English (132KB)
Espanol (1.0MB) Espanol (168KB)
Francais (1.0MB) Francais (170KB)
Greek (1.1MB) Greek (211KB)
Inuktitut (1.0MB) Inuktitut (107KB)
Italian (1.0MB) Italian (161KB)
日本語: (Japanese) (95.2KB)
Malay (1.0MB) Malay (133KB)
Norsk (1.0MB) Norsk (134KB)
Polish (1.1MB) Polish (191KB)
Portuguese (1.0MB) Portuguese (131KB)
Русский (Russian) (1.0MB) Русский (Russian) (127KB)
Slovenian (1.1MB) Slovenian (198KB)
Suomeksi (Finnish) (1.0MB) Suomeksi (Finnish) (130KB)
SUMMARY FLYERS IN MANY LANGUAGES
Arabic
中文(Chinese) (1.1MB) 中文(Chinese) (345KB)
Croatian (1.1MB) Croatian (184KB)
Deutsch (1.01MB) Deutsch (142KB)
Dansk (1.0MB) Dansk (112KB)
English 1.0MB) English (122KB)
Espanol (1.0MB) Espanol (152KB)
Francais 1.0MB) Francais (153KB)
Greek (1.0MB) Greek (135KB)
Inuktitut 1.0MB) Inuktitut (124KB)
Italian (1.0MB) Italian (123KB)
日本語: (Japanese) (100KB)
Malay 1.0MB) Malay (121KB)
Nederlands (1.0MB) Nederlands (137KB)
Polish (1.1MB) Polish (187KB)
Portuguese (1.0MB) Portuguese (123KB)
Русский (Russian) (1.0MB) Русский (Russian) (108KB)
Slovenian (1.0MB) Slovenian (168KB)
Suomeksi (Finnish) (1.0MB) Suomeksi (Finnish) (106KB)
People have lived in the Arctic for thousands of years developing skills, strategies and community knowledge to survive harsh polar conditions. In recent centuries, resource exploitation and political activities imposed by non-Arctic communities have changed the livelihoods and well-being of Arctic residents in good and bad ways. Now, climate change is adding new challenges to the well-being of Arctic communities. Researchers and Arctic community leaders are working together to study how these changes are affecting the health, education and material well-being, culture, food supplies, natural resources and economics of Arctic communities. By combining ‘western’ science with traditional knowledge, we can learn a lot about people and how they adapt.
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Many thanks to Lars Poort for the image of a student in Uummannaq, Greenland
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