Lasalusie Ishulutaq from Pangnirtung shares his views on Climate Change. "The sun is hotter now", he says. "In recent years, it turned really hot. When I took my family out, I had never experienced the heat that way. I've noticed that a lot and it brings me to tears."
Peter Kanayuk from Pangnirtung speaks about his childhood and hunting bears. "The most enjoyable, my favorite hunt, is the polar bear. You have a different feeling when you're after the bear. It's fierce and you're feeling happy. Not every day you catch a bear. Those were my favorite times."
Therese Mattaq of Pond Inlet speaks about Inuit teaching: "They wanted me to know the environment. They wanted to me to know the stars. Things that are not made by Inuit but made by things we do not know. God made them from the beginning. That was our teaching."
Abraham Ulayuruluk of Igloolik speaks about changes in polar bear behaviour. "In the past, polar bears weren't around that much. Once in a while, they would come from the floating ice, and we would catch them. Back then, in summer time, when someone got a bear, they were all healthy and fat.… Read more
Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change - Interview with Deborah Qaunaq.
I think sometimes our earth has tilted. When the fall comes and ice should be forming, it doesn't happen right away. In the spring, when it should be melting, it stays cooler. It now seems to stay cooler longer than in the past.