Life in the Arctic is tough. Long winters and darkness are an eternal reality in this everlasting gloom. Yet, there are still humans who live in this breathtaking wilderness; they are rugged people who live with nature like their ancestors of many generations ago. Hunting is the most important aspect of their survival. Indeed, the Inuit people are one of the few groups still allowed to hunt whales.
However, with the Canadian government having undertaken a search for natural resources within their settlement zone, the Inuit are now in jeopardy. The government’s probing disturbs the lives of animals, especially those of narwhales, and this in turns threatens the source of life for many Inuit and other aborigines in the area. Niore Iqalukjuaks has turned to social media to attract attention to this happening: he has published online photos of the beauty of the Arctic and the lives of the Inuit; of the families that have lived amongst the wilderness for generations upon generations.
His pictures present a kind of daily life that is as far from contemporary as it gets. Hunting as a basic source of sustenance and wild nature as an all-encompassing environment: it’s a simple and tough life. Nevertheless, I can’t imagine that Niore Iqalukjuaks or any of his family would have it any other way.
Copyright and source: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Niore-Iqalukjuak-Photography/772661332797680?sk=timeline and http://www.vice.com/de/read/atemberaubende-bilder-aus-der-arktis-867
