Vol. 44, No. 4

“This time Shaun Gear from Hopedale jumped out on the pan, and just as he attempted to throw the seal aboard the waves caused the boat to roll one way and the ice pan he was on another way. He slipped and fell into the water between the boat and ice pan.” Alex Saunders, ‘Sealing on the Front and in the Gulf’

“Readers may be wondering what the Inuit thought of those who rejected their most important food. Samuel Hutton said, “…the people only smile at our lack of appreciation of their greatest delicacy, and tell us ‘Mamadlarpok’ (it tastes fine).” Anne Budgell, ‘Dirt and Vermin and Nauseous Food’

“We used harpoons to hunt walrus. My wife’s father hunted with us. We made arrows from the walrus tusks. There used to be walrus around, occasionally, moving with the currents and tides. Once in awhile, hunters in kayaks would get a walrus.” Jacko Kajuatsiak, ‘The Way We Used To Live’