Challenges and Chokes: Exploring the Interplay of Climate, History, and Culture on Canada's Labrador Coast

Winter freeze-up and summer break-up in Nunatsiavut, Canada, from 1770 to 1910

“…It could be linked to warmer climate and more variable sea-ice conditions, or to competition with the Thule (McGhee 1997). During the 17th century, a transition occurred from Thule to Inuit culture (Kaplan and Woollett 2000). Moravian missionaries established their first mission station in Nunatsiavut in 1770 and started to document their environment and keep written archives (Demarée and Ogilvie 2008).…”