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Inuit Knowledge & Climate Change: Susan Avingaq
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Susan Avingaq from Igloolik speaks about climate change.
Sometimes I don't believe myself. I thought our sky was blue. But today, I notice it's lighter and more pale than it used to be.
When I hear someone saying "Our world is getting warmer", it brings me back to my father. Around 1960, he kept saying "It's a lot colder now and the dogs are no longer needing to hide in the tent shade during spring". When he talked about the past, he said it used to be hot, and the dogs seek refuge in the shade while making noises because of the heat. When someone says the world is getting warmer, I think about that.
When I was a child, my mother and I would journey to get our caribou caches. Our nose and cheeks would burn and our skin would turn red and peel off. We got sunburned. When I had children, we'd take the same journey, and I noticed my children never got sunburned. I wondered why. I think it used to be warm, then it cooled down, and now the heat is coming back.
