LUTSEL K’E, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - Iris Catholique says over the past two decades, she’s noticed the waters of Great Slave Lake surrounding Lutsel K’e, N.W.T., taking longer to freeze in the winter. In May 2019, three people travelling by snowmobile from Dettah to Lustel K’e were believed to have gone through the ice. “We don’t want to lose any more of our folks,” Catholique said, noting elders in the community have called for ice monitoring. Last winter, she and her team installed SIMBAs on Ryan Lake and Landing Lake north of Yellowknife. This winter she said they installed some on those lakes, as well as the ice road on Vee Lake outside Yellowknife, the ice roads to Dettah and Deline and two locations outside Lutsel K’e.

Source: The Star April 30, 2023 16:58 UTC