She hopes tourists will want to see them, which can raise money for the dogs, their owners, and their care. In , Greenland ran its first Adventure Guides course specifically for locals. Aside from biology, geology, and camping skills, the program focuses on the cultural landscape and how Inuit use nature. They can tell you what their family would do in a certain situation, plus they are so much fun to be around. At the northern tip of Baffin Island, at 72 degrees north, ice is a way of life for most of the year.
April is a great month to get out on the ice—the days get longer and the weather warms to -4 degrees Fahrenheit. The iceberg in front of Pond Inlet, an Inuit community of some 1, people, is a favorite place to gather ice for iceberg water, which makes the best tea. A few stabs of a pocket knife and the ice explodes into crystal shards, perfect to take home.
The water is so prized that when people have to leave the community—sometimes for medical reasons—family members will them send pieces of ice packed in little coolers. People play at the indoor arena or on the street. They pack sleds full of skates, jerseys, and sticks along with tents, rifles, ammunition, and extra gas. The sled dogs call to each other and their breaths rise against the sun. A few families keep dogs here, but most families use snowmobiles to get around.
On Easter weekend, only two teams compete in a dog sled race. The Arctic reminds me that culture is both fluid and personal. Andrew Arreak conducts his research out on the sea ice.
We stop for a smoke and a snack, and he checks the equipment on his wooden qamutik which carries remote sensing gear to measure sea ice thickness. Nurturing both can be difficult, but the combination is powerful. Separated from the rest of the country, this place is like a nation unto itself. The jungle gym is made of driftwood from the beach and discards from the dump.
Nick launches himself all over this course. When he competes, Nick feels right at home under the Las Vegas bright lights. There are a few names that will endure forever in Iditarod lore, including Herbert Nayokpuk, called the Shishmaref Cannonball. The house is festooned with memorabilia: trophies, medals, his goggles, photos with famous Americans he met. The man ran the Iditarod 11 times, always breaking trail for the other teams.
There even is a Herbert Nayokpuk Award now. From athletes to elders to fishermen, the Arctic is culturally diverse, and everyone has a story.
He can also build or fix anything, including the traps needed to catch king crab under the ice. This is the only under ice commercial crab fishery in the world, and locals like Phil use simple tools to catch their prize. All rights reserved. Take a journey through stories of modern Arctic culture—told one person at a time.
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Benjamin, Enoch, and William, are excited about their new wheels, which means freedom and independence — especially in Fort Yukon, Alaska. The town was officially founded by the Hudson's Bay Company, famous for their wool blankets, though the area had been inhabited by indigenous people for thousands of years prior. Maria Manninen is a fashion student in Rovaniemi, a large city in Finland only six miles south of the Arctic Circle.
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