TradeWind Travels: Life on the 17° Parallel: "Many small voices can make a loud noise… " Sheila Watt Cloutier, Inuit Circumpolar Conference

06 December 2005

"Many small voices can make a loud noise… " Sheila Watt Cloutier, Inuit Circumpolar Conference

Roundtable: Building Connections between the Arctic and Small Island Developing States

Representatives of Arctic Indigenous Peoples, the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will take part in an Arctic Day roundtable to deliver a strong message: as the Arctic warms up and ice melts, many cultures and indeed entire countries are threatened with inundation.

The roundtable launches a new project to support the efforts of people in the Arctic and Small Island Developing States to adapt to climate change. UNEP’s Key Polar Centre GRID-Arendal will run the project.

WHEN: Tuesday 6 December 1:00 – 1:45 p.m.
WHERE: Guy Favreau Complex, Salle Mousseau
PARTICIPANTS: Klaus Töpfer
Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme
Sheila Watt Cloutier,
International Chair, Inuit Circumpolar Conference
Taito Nakalevu,
Climate Change Adaptation Officer, South Pacific Regional Environment Programme
MODERATOR: Karen Kraft Sloan
Canada’s Ambassador for the Environment

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GETTING HERE

The only major US airline that flies to St. Kitts is American Airlines. If you can't get one of those flights, just book a ticket to Puerto Rico, Antigua, or St. Maarten. There are two island airlines that I know of: Caribbean Sun Airlines and Liat. Both fly from all of those islands to St. Kitts. If you're coming from Europe, your best bet is to catch the daily Paris-St. Maarten flight on Air France, and then hop over to the island on a CSA or Liat flight. If you'd rather float by boat, check out the Link Ferries, which specialize in island hopping.

ISLAND LINKS

I'm compiling a list of links for travellers to the island:

Doctor Y/Doc Tory This is a link to a site put together by some friends who have lived on the island for several years. They have terrific pictures!
Discover St. Kitts Nevis Beaches This is a link I found earlier in the year that gave me some information on what to do/where to go on the island. It's not the greatest, but the web presence here isn't terrific, either, so it does what it can. I also subscribed to their newsletter, but I didn't learn anything not already on the site. The site has some nice pictures, though.

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