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On-the-land-contest – Aug. 28

Amazing on-the-land stories - Aug. 28, 2020

WINNER: Rosemary Leah
Pangnirtung
Iceberg in the centre of caribou antlers. Loks Island (Taquliijuaq) in Cumberland Sound.

ᓵᓚᖃᖅᑐᖅ: ᕉᔅᒥᐅᕆ ᓕᐊ
ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ
ᐱᖃᓗᔭᖅ ᕿᑎᐊᓃᑦᑐᖅ ᑐᒃᑑᑉ ᓇᒡᔪᖏᓐᓂ. Loks Island (ᑕᖁᓕᔾᔪᐊᖅ) ᑎᓂᔾᔭᕐᕕᖕᒥ.

 

Iris Tatty
Naujaat
My nephew, Oden Tatty, age 9, travelled to Naujaat from Rankin Inlet by boat and harvested his first narwhal on Aug. 11.

ᐊᐃᕆᔅ ᑕᑎ
ᓇᐅᔮᑦ
ᐅᔪᕈᒐ, ᐆᑎᓐ ᑕᑎ, ᐅᑭᐅᓕᒃ 9−ᓂ, ᐊᐅᓪᓛᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓇᐅᔮᓄᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᒥᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖓᓂ ᐊᓪᓚᙳᐊᖅ ᕿᓚᓗᒐᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐋᒍᔅᑎ 11−ᒥ.

 

 

Oscar Camano
Rankin Inlet
Looking for the Perseid Meteor Shower August 12, 2020 when suddenly Northern lights came out amazingly.

ᐋᔅᑯᕐ ᑲᒪᓄ
ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ
ᕿᓂᖅᑐᑦ Perseid Meteor Shower−ᒥ ᐋᒍᔅᑎ 12, 2020 ᐊᖅᓴᕐᓃᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑳᓪᓚᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᑲᒪᓇᑦᑎᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ.

Casie Totalik-Holwell
Taloyoak
David Brody Uhulliq Totalik caught his first char on the kakivak. He wanted it to make it to piffi so he can share it with family members. This is outside of Taloyoak.

ᑲᐃᓯ ᑑᑕᓕᒃ-ᕼᐆᓪᐅᐃᓪ
ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ
ᑕᐃᕕᑦ ᐳᕉᑎ ᐅᕼᐅᓪᓕᖅ ᑑᑕᓕᒃ ᐃᖃᓗᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᑭᕙᖕᒧᑦ. ᐱᕝᕕᓕᐅᒪᓚᐅᖅᐸᖓ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂ ᓂᕆᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᑦ. ᐅᓇ ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ.

 

 

 

 

 

Anessa Pedersen
Kugluktuk
It was a fun weekend at Tree River. 10-year-old Jake caught his first red belly char and 4-year-old Ivy with her char from Tree River.

ᐊᓂᓴ ᐲᑐᓴᓐ
ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᖅ
ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ Tree ᑰᖓᓂ. 10-ᓂ-ᐅᑭᐅᓕᒃ ᔭᐃᒃ ᐱᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖓᓂ ᐊᐅᐸᖅᑐᒥ ᓈᓕᖕᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ 4-ᓂ-ᐅᑭᐅᓕᒃ ᐊᐃᕕ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑐᖓᓂ Tree ᑰᖕᒥ.