Ways of living so far north and in such severe climatic conditions are
passed on from generation to generation, and this ability to adapt has
contributed to the survival of this small community. When the sea becomes open
sometime around August, large dinghies with powerful engines are used for both
hunting trips and ordinary journeys. It is still light twenty-four hours a day
at this time - the Midnight Sun lasts from the middle of April to the end of
August. Nothing from the hunt goes to waste: the skins are used for clothing
and covering the kayaks; the flesh and offal are eaten by humans and domestic
animals; the
