Stars and Stripes

From the archives, 2015: ‘Without polar bear, we are nothing’; Inuits bring hunting, heritage to Thule

This article first appeared in print in the Stars and Stripes Global edition, Jan. 15, 2015. It is republished unedited in its original form. THULE AIR BASE, Greenland — On a bitter late September day ...
Vail Daily

Inuit: U.S. pollution ruining hunting

IQALUIT, Nunavut Territory ” Simon Nattaq lost both feet to frostbite when his snowmobile crashed through the ice, made thin by rising Arctic temperatures. All his gear plunged into the water too, ...
USA Today

‘Stop hunting polar bears’ video by tourists sparks outrage among Inuit

Two tourists from Turkey were in Arctic Bay to document the effects of climate change and to photograph polar bears in the Nunavut territory recently, but wound up in hot water with the locals when ...
Arizona Daily Star

Arctic Inuit argue U.S. pollution devastates centuries-old hunting traditions

IQALUIT, Nunavut Territory — Simon Nattaq lost both feet to frostbite when his snowmobile crashed through the ice, made thin by rising Arctic temperatures. All his gear plunged into the water too, ...
The Conversation

What the declining caribou populations — and total hunting ban — mean for Inuit communities in Labrador

Inuit in the Nunatsiavut and NunatuKavut regions of Labrador have shared a deep and enduring connection with caribou for many generations. But more recently — in the wake of dramatic caribou ...