Fishing

Information on The Inuit of Nunavut - Canada

The head of a fish spear (kakivak) from the Inuit community of Igloolik. The prongs are made from caribou ribs. Nunavut, Eastern Canadian Arctic.

Aipilik, an Inuit hunter, in fox furs with a Kakivak (Inuit fish spear) & fish. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1993

Niaqutsiak, an Inuk hunter, hangs up fillets of Arctic Char to dry at his summer Camp. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1992

Aipilik, an Inuit hunter, jigging for polar cod though a hole in the ice.Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1990

Devin Imrie fishing for Arctic Char at Tarrianituk. Clearwater Fiord, Cumberland Sound, Baffin Island. Nunavut, Canada

Devin Imrie fishing for Arctic Char at Tarrianituk. Clearwater Fiord, Cumberland Sound, Baffin Island. Nunavut, Canada

Kendra Imrie plays an Arctic Char while fishing at Tarrianituk. Clearwater Fiord, Cumberland Sound, Baffin Island. Nunavut, Canada

Kendra Imrie holds an Arctic Char she has caught while fishing at Tarrianituk. Clearwater Fiord, Cumberland Sound, Baffin Island. Nunavut, Canada

Devin Imrie releases an Arctic Char he caught at Tarrianituk. Clearwater Fiord, Cumberland Sound, Baffin Island. Nunavut, Canada

Watched by her dog, Kendra Imrie, cleans some Arctic Char she has caught while fishing at Tarrianituk. Clearwater Fiord, Cumberland Sound, Baffin Island. Nunavut, Canada

Devin Imrie plays an Arctic Char while fishing at Tarrianituk. Clearwater Fiord, Cumberland Sound, Baffin Island. Nunavut, Canada

Devin Imrie plays an Arctic Char while fishing at Tarrianituk. Clearwater Fiord, Cumberland Sound, Baffin Island. Nunavut, Canada

Watched by his dog, Devin Imrie plays an Arctic Char while fishing at Tarrianituk. Clearwater Fiord, Cumberland Sound, Baffin Island. Nunavut, Canada

An Arctic Char struggles to free itself from an angler's lure. Cumberland Sound, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.

Young Inuit youths out on a summer hunting and fishing trip at Ikerasa in Cumberland Sound. Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada

Inuit youths out in a boat in the summer in Cumberland Sound. Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada

Inuit youths fishing for Arctic Char off the rocky coast at Ikerasa in Cumberland Sound. Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada

Kigutiakaarjuk & Nutarariaq, two Inuit men from Igloolik, check a fishing net set under lake ice on the Melville Peninsula. Nunavut, Canada. 1990

Aipilik, an Inuit hunter, jigging for polar cod though a hole in the ice.Igloolik, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic. 1990

Nutarariaq, an Inuit hunter, with his catch of Arctic Char and Lake Trout. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1990

Joavee Alivakluk, an Inuit hunter, out on a fishing lake near Pangnirtung. Nunavut, Canada. 2008

Joavee Alivakluk, an Inuit hunter, fishing through a hole in the ice for Arctic Char on a frozen lake near Pangnirtung. Nunavut, Canada. 2008

Freshly caught Arctic Char lie beside a fishing hole in the ice on a lake near Pangnirtung. Nunavut, Canada. 2008

An Inuit man retrieves a Lake Trout from his fish net set under the ice at Baker Lake. Nunavut, Canada. 1982

Inuit boys use a dog to haul a sled with their catch of fish from a frozen lake at sunset. Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada. 1982

Kigutikaarjuk & Nutarariaq, two inuit men from Igloolik checking a fishing net set under lake ice on the Melville Peninsula. Nunavut, Canada. 1990

Niaqutsiak, an Inuk hunter, fillets Arctic Char to dry at his Summer Camp. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1992

Kigutikaarjuk, an Inuit hunter, uses an ice chisel to make a hole in the ice. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1990

Aipilik, an Inuit hunter, jigging for cod though a hole in the ice. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic. 1990

Aipilik, an Inuit hunter, jigging for polar cod though a hole in the ice.Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1990

Aipilik, an Inuit hunter, in fox furs, with Kakivak (leister) & fish (arctic char & lake trout) near Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1993

Aipilik, an Inuit hunter, jigging for polar cod though a hole in the ice.Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1990

Elerly Inuk, Aipilik, in fox fur clothing, waits with his Kakivak (Leister) by fishing hole in a lake near Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. (1993)