Evidence for a living Arctic.

Still North makes careful Arctic evidence easier to explore, from sea ice and wildlife to practical choices closer to home.

Oblique aerial view of coastal sea ice crossed by dark leads under low winter sunlight.

What the 2025 record says

These observations come from the NOAA Arctic Report Card, not from Still North fieldwork.

Read the evidence and its limits

A warmer water year

The Arctic water year was the warmest since at least 1900, at 1.60°C above the 1991 to 2020 average.

A record-low winter maximum

March sea-ice extent reached the lowest maximum in the satellite record. September’s daily minimum was 4.60 million km².

Long-lived ice remains scarce

Ice older than four years has declined by more than 95% since the 1980s, changing the structure of the ice cover.

Our work

Five connected programmes, each explicit about sources, methods, and uncertainty.

Latest field notes and everyday practice

  • An evidence session with room for a better question

    An evidence session with room for a better question

    Design a school or community session around one source, a testable claim, accessible participation, and a traceable answer rather than a roomful of pledges.

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  • Read the Arctic Report Card beyond the headlines

    Read the Arctic Report Card beyond the headlines

    Follow a headline into its definition, table, calendar, and method, from daily sea ice minima to the limits of an observing-network assessment.

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  • Say what is uncertain, precisely

    Say what is uncertain, precisely

    Distinguish measurement ranges, confidence, mechanisms, and policy choices. Specific limits make climate evidence more usable than vague caution.

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  • A research question before a sensor

    A research question before a sensor

    Use a hypothetical river-water question to work backwards from a real concern to sampling, competing explanations, maintenance, and a defensible measurement.

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  • When results make the journey home

    When results make the journey home

    Return an understandable answer, not merely a download link: agree formats, protect privacy, explain charts, and leave a route for questions and corrections.

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  • Open data, whose authority?

    Open data, whose authority?

    Reading the National Inuit Strategy on Research as connected commitments to governance, funding, capacity, and data authority, not a permission checklist.

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Three distant researchers measure a melt pond on sea ice.
Distant researchers measure a melt pond. The image is generated and illustrative, not a record of real Still North fieldwork.

Observation is a relationship

A useful record depends on people, methods, instruments, maintenance, and decisions about access. The fictional Still North programme pages show how those parts fit together, while the linked primary sources carry the factual claims.

See the sources, methods, and image disclosure.

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Use evidence without waiting for certainty

Explore the sources, choose one practical step, and support decisions that match the scale of the problem.