Inuit narwhal hunter paddling kayak on a narwhal hunt. Living in the most northern permanently inhabited settlements in the world, the Inughuit people
Inuit narwhal hunter paddling kayak on a narwhal hunt. Living in the most northern permanently inhabited settlements in the world, the Inughuit people, or polar Eskimos as they are often known, have eked out an existence in this Arctic desert in the north-west corner of Greenland for centuries. Unlike other Inuit populations across the Arctic, the Inughuit have maintained where possible their ancient way of life, using kayaks and harpoons to hunt narwhal. Narwhals have been harvested for over a thousand years by Inuit people in northern Canada and Greenland for meat and ivory, and a regulated subsistence hunt continues today.
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