Photo series on Arctic coastal erosion and permafrost thaw wins New Scientist Editors Award
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Karmela Padavic-Callaghan
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Natalya Saprunova's photo series documenting coastal erosion and permafrost thaw across Inuvialuit territories in Canada's Arctic won the New Scientist Editors Award at the Earth Photo 2026 competition. The winning image depicts an Inuit hunter from Tuktoyaktuk holding a goose decoy against a backdrop of melting ice and murky water, capturing the collision between climate change and Indigenous traditions.
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Twitter / XPhoto series on Arctic coastal erosion and permafrost thaw wins New Scientist Editors Awardnewscientist.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledThe realities of a changing global climate collide with years of tradition in Natalya Saprunova's icy blue photograph
The image shows a hunter from an Inuit community in Tuktoyaktuk on Canada's Arctic coast holding a goose decoy meant to lure migrating birds
Indigenous peoples in the region used to make these decoys
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