Noah Piugattuk Campsites

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That ancient camp site on the raised beaches in my sketch was on the way back from Awa's fishing site and on the Baffin Island coast west of the fish camp - the stretch of coast running east west before it turns north up into Gifford River. It's the place where you'd head south across the Straits towards Avvaja .

Rhoda and Joanna Avva at Nauyaruluk Aug 1969." This was their winter house and they were cleaning it out and checking the caribou skin winter clothes. Rhoda swept the floor and found these caribou antlers.They lit the oil stove and cooked the bannock dough we'd brought from the summer fishing camp.

 "When growing up I thought we were the only people on Earth" but then an airplane landed in the camp.

 After moving to this spot, Zacharia's family had to build their sod houses.

 Dogteaming, Zacharias' family had to cross a small river in the spring.

 Zacharias Kunuk, names some of the main campsites where his family has been.

 Zacharias Kunuk's family moves to the winter camp of Qarmaktalik.

 In the summer we walked the land, in the winter we stayed close to the water for seal hunting and caribou.

 Showing some of the first maps drawn by Inuit, and discussing the many names for each place on the map.

 Moving houses in the new settelment of Igloolik.

 Aime Panimera's drawing of sea lift from the air.

Igloolik smelled like paint as soon as we got on the beach. It smelled like white people.

 Photo by Jenny Vestey

Photo and description by Jenny Vestey"Iglulik from Piper Cub piloted by Doug Hemby. He was there in summer 1968 to fly the geologist Hans Trettin to his survey sites. I made them a hand held wind sock for use on the tundra. Their radio man was Tom Pollen, based in the Bell Telephone wooden building."

Photo by Jenny Vestey

Qajaqturiurvik was used for testing out kayaks. Zacharias Kunuk built a cabin in this area.