Mercury (Hg) is a toxic heavy metal that changes into various chemical forms through geochemical processes. It is an element that occurs naturally in the environment but with industrialization, humans have altered its cycle by adding more mercury in the water, air, and soil.
ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ, “ᑲᖏᖅᑐᑦᑎᐊᑯᓗᒃ,” ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ, ᐃᓂᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᓇᓐᓇᖅᐸᓯᖓᓂ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓘᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ Patricia Bay. ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐃᓄᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓃ 900 ᐃᓄᐃᑦ, ᐃᓂᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᒪᓂᖅᑲᔮᒥ, ᐊᕙᓗᔭᐅᒪᑦᓱᓂ ᑲᔾᔮᓇᖅᑐᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᓱᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ Barnes Icecap-ᒧᑦ. ᐃᓐᓈᕈᐊᓗᐃᑦ, ᐱᖃᓗᔭᐃᑦ ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᓪᓗ ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒻᒥ ᐅᐸᒍᒪᕆᔭᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑕ ᐅᔭᖅᑲᓂᒃ ᓯᑯᓂᓗ ᒪᔪᕋᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᒥᒃ. ᑕᑯᔭᑦᓴᐅᓪᓗᑎᓪᓗ ᐆᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑐᑐᐃᓐᓇᑦᓯᐊᑦ, ᐱᖃᓯᐅᑎᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᑐᑦᑐᐃᑦ, ᐊᓪᓚᓐᖑᐊᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓪᓗ ᐳᐃᔩᑦ. ᐃᒐᓕᖅᑑᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᖃᕐᕕᒃ, ᓴᐳᑎᔭᐅᓯᒪᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᐊᕐᕖᑦ, ᐃᓂᖃᖅᓱᑎᒃ Patricia Bay-ᒥ.