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Arctic Hunters: Savissivik, Greenland's Remote Inuit Community |
| Section: CULTURE / PEOPLES |
| Author: Bryan Alexander |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1999 |
| Size: 1,683 Words, 9,735 Characters |
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Qaerngak hauled the dead ringed seal from the hole and began skinning it with a large knife. His bare hands seemed not to feel the intense cold, even though it was February and minus 34* C. Afterward, he dipped the skin several times into the seawater at the breathing hole to wash off the blood, folded it neatly, and put it and the seal carcass on the sled. With everything securely lashed down, we again headed west, across the sea ice from Cape York. A short while later, Qaerngak pointed to a fine mist on the horizon. It was "frost smoke," and during the arctic winter, it indicates open water.
Twenty minutes later, Qaerngak brought his dog team to a halt beside an expanse of open water separating two large sheets of sea ice. The frost smoke rising off the water's surface was turned gold...
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... interest in becoming a hunter. Those few who are interested are often reluctant to admit it in front of their peers. Hunting, it seems, isn't "cool" with today's Inuit youth.
With the decline of hunting, and with few other employment possibilities to replace it, the future of Savissivik looks bleak. It is but one of countless native communities across the Arctic that are slowly vanishing.
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