Inuit

Information on The Inuit of Nunavut - Canada

A variety of sea mammal figures carved onto a sperm whale tooth by Inuit artist Peter Odak from Qaanaaq, Thule District, Northwest Greenland

Inuit family use an ice floe as a raft to cross a wide lead in late spring. Qaanaaq. Northwest Greenland. 1971

In the twilight of a January day, Ituko, an Inuit hunter, sets a net to catch seals under the sea ice. Moriussaq, Northwest Greenland. (1980)

At minus 32 degrees Celsius, Qaerngak Nielsen, an Inuit hunter scrapes ice off his kayak. N.W.Greenland. 1998

Inuit hunter jumps across pancake ice to get ashore. Savissivik, N.W. Greenland. 1991

Jens, an Inuit hunter scans the ice of Melville Bay for polar bears. Northwest Greenland. (1986)

Aerial view of the Inuit village of Siorapaluk in Robertson Fiord. Thule. Avanersuaq, Northwest Greenland

Inuit woman prepares Little Auks to be sold in Greenlandic shops. Savissivik, Northwest Greenland. Northwest Greenland. 1997

Inuit hunters and their dog team on sea ice. Northwest Greenland. 1980

A sled dog has boots tied on to protect its feet from the sharp ice crystals of early summer. Northwest Greenland. 1980

Inuit hunters with a dog team seal hunting at the floe edge near Cape York. Savissivik, Northwest Greenland. 1998

Dog team resting on sea ice during a hunting trip. Northwest Greenland. 1980

An Inuit hunter, silhouetted in his boat returns home to Qaanaaq at sunset. Inglefield Bay, Northwest Greenland. 2008

Young Inuit playing computer games at the Youth Club in Qaanaaq. Northwest Greenland. 2008

Inuit hunters use a kayak to retrieve a seal shot at the floe edge in winter. Thule, Northwest Greenland. 1980

Avataq, an Inuit hunter prepares to butcher a male Narwhal on the shore. Qeqertat. NW Greenland. 1977

Inuit mothers and children by some housing in the centre of Scoresbysund. East Greenland. 2005

Imina Imina siting at a window of his house in Siorapaluk. Northwest Greenland. 1977

Mikivssuk Karlsen, an Inuit woman, making a pair of traditional polar bear skin trousers. N.W.Greenland. 1998

Angutivdlarssuk, an Inuit elder from the small community of Savissivik. Northwest Greenland. 1997

Inuit hunters on sea ice, untangle their dog traces. Northwest Greenland. (1986)

Inuit hunter in kayak, with sealskin float (Avatak), during the brief Arctic summer. N.W.Greenland. 1985

Fur clad Inuk, Qaaviganguaq, builds an igloo. It will be used as a hunting shelter. N.W. Greenland. 1980

In the twilight of a January day,Ituko, an Inuit hunter, waits by seal's breathing hole, with harpoon ready. Moriussaq, Northwest Greenland. (1980)

Inuit hunter walks next to his team of huskies as they pull sled over sea ice. Northwest Greenland. 1980

Inuit hunters at the floe edge with walrus meat from a hunting trip. Siorapaluk Northwest Greenland. 1977

Inuit hunters in kayaks, they are in a line because they are towing a Narwhal. Inglefield Bay. Northwest Greenland. (1971)

Arnanguaq Qujaukitsok,a young Inuit girl dressed in traditional winter clothing. Thule, NW Greenland. 1998

Inuit hunters with dog sleds pause at lead covered in new ice, to find the best way across. N. W. Greenland. 1980

Mamarut, an Inuit hunter, dressed in polar bear skin trousers and a sheepskin lined anorak, leans against his sled drinking a mug of tea during a break on a hunting trip in Melville Bay. Northwest Greenland. (1980)

Inuit hunter in a skin Kayak on ice free summer seas, waits for a seal to surface. Qeqertat. Thule. Greenland. 1977

Inuit hunters with a dead walrus at the floe edge near Etah. N.W. Greenland. 1989

Two Inuit hunters stop to untangle their dogs' traces. Northwest Greenland. 1986

A Cessna Caravan supply plane arriving on the sea ice at Savissivik. Northwest Greenland. 1996