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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat Aug 17, 2019, 12:55 PM Aug 2019

As ice melts, the Inuit strive to keep their culture alive

In the spring, when animals migrate north and the sun never sets, Inuit children join their families on weeks-long camping trips across Canada’s Arctic. They’re taught hunting skills and cultural values passed down for more than 5,000 years. In the past three decades, multiyear ice, the thickest (and oldest) type that supports the Arctic marine ecosystem, has declined by 95 percent. Elders no longer can predict safe travel routes on thinning ice, and animal migration patterns are changing. The future of the ice—and those who live on it—is uncertain.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2019/07/inuit-share-traditional-knowledge-to-survive-melting-ice-feature/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=crm-email::src=ngp::cmp=editorial::add=NatGeoPlus_20190817&rid=FB26C926963C5C9490D08EC70E179424

Link goes to several captioned photos.

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