Hunter Gathers

Information on The Inuit of Nunavut - Canada

Joavee Alivakluk, an Inuit hunter from Pangnirtung, dressed for the cold in a fur trimmed parka. 2008

Polar Bear and seal skins drying outside an Inuit home on Qikiqtarjuaq (Broughton Is), Nunavut, Canada. 2002

An Inuit hunter using an Iridium satellite phone on the Melville Peninsula. Nunavut, Canada. 1999

David Qaunaq, using a telescope to search for game while out hunting near Igloolik. Nunavut, Canada. (1995)

An Inuit family relaxes inside a hunters hut on Baffin Island. Nunavut, Canada. 1992

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

Teresia Taqqaugaq chews on sealskin to soften it while her husband Augustine makes a whip at the outpost camp camp home at Iglurjuat on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. 1987

Inuit hunters haul a floe edge boat out of the water, after seal hunting at the ice edge in frost smoke. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1990

Louis Tepardjuk, dressed in caribou skin clothing, while hunting at the floe edge. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1990

Journalist Hania Luczak interviewing Alukie Metuq, an Inuit woman from Pangnirtung. Nunavut, Canada. 2008

Sealskins hanging up to dry outside an Inuit hunter's home in Pangnirtung. Nunavut, Canada. 2008

Brightly coloured snowmobiles outside Inuit hunters' homes in the community of Pangnirtung. Nunavut, Canada. 2008

Jaipiti Palluq, an Inuit hunter, climbs the snow steps leading from the hut at his outpost camp on Igloolik Island. Nunavut, Canada. 2008

Jaipiti Palluq, an Inuit hunter, stands on the snow steps leading from the hut at his outpost camp on Igloolik Island. Nunavut, Canada. 2008

Ikie Naqitarvik, an Inuit hunter from Arctic Bay. Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. 2005

Aakuainuk, an Inuk hunter from Igloolik, with a caribou that he has shot. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1990

Aakuainuk, an Inuit hunter dressed in traditional caribou skin clothing, untangles the traces of his dog team. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1990

An Inuit hunter uses a piece of pressure ice as a vantage point to look for seals. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1995

Inuit men hunting belugas (white whales) from a canoe. Cape Dorset, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. 2002

Inuit women doing chores in their outpost camp home on Baffin Is. Nunavut, Canada. 1987

Inuk dressed in caribou skin helps his dog team over an ice ridge. Igloolik, Canada. 1993

Louis Tepardjuk, drags a dead seal while out hunting at the floe edge. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1990

In the spring, Inuit hunters leave their sleds on the sea ice between hunting trips. Pond Inlet. Nunavut. Canada. 1999

Tatigat, an Inuit hunter from Igloolik rests on his sled, on the sea ice. Nunavut, Canada. 1993

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

An Inuit hunter uses a piece of pressure ice as a vantage point to look for seals. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1995

Niaqutsiaq, an Inuit hunter, butchers a Walrus on an ice floe.Foxe Basin, Nunavut, Canada. 1992

Nutarariaq drinks a mug of morning tea in a hunter's hut near Igloolik. Nunavut, Canada. (1990)

Two Inuit men making tea during a break on a hunting trip. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1987

Aakuainuk, an Inuk hunter from Igloolik, with a caribou that he has shot. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1990