The Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit Adventure

Survival on the Land

“To hunt seal, my stepfather taught me this. There is a seal hole and you put your feet so the hole is just in front of you. You place something under your feet, like a caribou skin, so when you move your feet to keep warm they don’t make a noise on the snow. If you have nothing under your feet the seal could hear you moving.” *

- Jack Alonak, Inuinnait, Irons

“There were no musk oxen in this area, so we travelled east towards Tree River to get them. We used their skins for bed mats and we ate the meat. We didn’t waste anything.” *

- Joe Otaoyoakyok, Inuinnait, Iron * Source: Bennett, John and Rowley, Susan. “An Oral History of Nunavut.” McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2004.