Whale hunting course hits the water in Rankin Inlet – Nunatsiaq News

Sep 14, 2023

Course teaches fundamentals of whale hunting and gives participants chance to get on land

They didn’t catch a whale, but they did have a lot of fun.

Six people in Rankin Inlet are fresh from Ilitaqsiniq’s four-day whale hunting course, which gave them the chance to reconnect with the land and build relationships with other members of the community.

Ilitaqsiniq is a non-profit organization that offers culture-based programming for Nunavummiut.

“They really enjoyed it,” said program co-ordinator Amber Irwin.

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