Little Ice Age

The Little Ice Age was a time of deteriorating climate when the ocean temperature fell 1-3 degrees C and the Arctic summer front retreated 4-5 degrees of latitude. Sea ice stayed all year in the sheltered Bathurst Inlet and east Coronation Gulf, inevitably disrupting sea-mammals and their hunters, but with little affect on caribou.

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