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Place of Spirits - The Narwhal

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Inuit-led Conservation in Northern Labrador - for The Narwhal

A polar bear and her cub scan t...orngat Mountains National Park.

A polar bear and her cub scan the coastline for food on a ridge in Torngat Mountains National Park.

Participants from an Inuit-led ...health in the local population.

Participants from an Inuit-led youth leadership program fish for Arctic char in Torngat Mountains National Park. The meat will be consumed while discarded parts of the fish will be used to study health, age, food consumption and other indicators of fish health in the local population.

Lukas John Terriak, a carver an...the coast of Northern Labrador.

Lukas John Terriak, a carver and jewelry maker, holds a small batch of Ramah chert - a semi-translucent stone found north of Nain, Labrador. Many of the rocks are harvested at Ramah Fiord, near the Area of Interest for the planned marine conservation boundaries off the coast of Northern Labrador.

A seal skull sits on the shorel...orngat Mountains National Park.

A seal skull sits on the shoreline deep within Torngat Mountains National Park.

Scientists and ocean researcher... research vessel (top, middle).

Scientists and ocean researchers look for shells along the coast of Nain, Labrador while waiting to board the Amundsen research vessel (top, middle).

Destiny Solomon and Simone Dani...untains National Park basecamp.

Destiny Solomon and Simone Daniels look at a char sample under the microscope at Torngat Mountains National Park basecamp.

A char is dissected at the rese...health in the local population.

A char is dissected at the research lab at Torngat Mountains National Park basecamp. The meat will be consumed while discarded parts of the fish will be used to study health, age, food consumption and other indicators of fish health in the local population.

Inuk elder and bear guard, Eli ...untains National Park basecamp.

Inuk elder and bear guard, Eli Merkuratsuk, rides in a zodiac near Torngat Mountains National Park basecamp.

An iceberg floats near Torngat Mountains National Park basecamp.

Employees of a fish plant take ...foundland, Labrador and Quebec.

Employees of a fish plant take a break next to the facility in Nain, Labrador. The fish plant employs 40 full-time staff who work with local fishers to prepare, package and distribute char to communities in Newfoundland, Labrador and Quebec.

Inuit throat singers prepare to...earch vessel in Nain, Labrador.

Inuit throat singers prepare to perform for a group of scientists and crew from the Amundsen research vessel in Nain, Labrador.

Linen and bedsheets hang to dry...untains National Park basecamp.

Linen and bedsheets hang to dry at Torngat Mountains National Park basecamp.

Polar bear tracks line the beac...orngat Mountains National Park.

Polar bear tracks line the beach of Rose Island in Torngat Mountains National Park.

Michelle Saunders holds the fea...orngat Mountains National Park.

Michelle Saunders holds the feathers of a grouse in Torngat Mountains National Park.

A polar bear found dead on the ...h and possible causes of death.

A polar bear found dead on the shore in Torngat Mountains National Park, has its head removed for sampling by Nunatsiavut officials. The samples will determine the bear’s age, overall health and possible causes of death.

Michelle Saunders, an Inuk biol... impacting our food.”

Michelle Saunders, an Inuk biologist and researcher with the Nunatsiavut government, stands near the shoreline at Basecamp, located near Torngat Mountains National Park. “I take a holistic approach to my research, which means that the land, water, animals and people are interconnected. I don’t study biology for the sake of studying biology,” she continues. “I study what is important to Nunatsiavut communities, like the health of marine life and how it is impacting our food.”

A temperature monitoring statio...ironmental changes in the area.

A temperature monitoring station stands at the Torngat Mountains National Park basecamp. Researchers collect air and ground temperature, and study the data for environmental changes in the area.

Visitors and students from a yo...es including a former sod home.

Visitors and students from a youth leadership program explore Rose Island, a sacred place in Torngat Mountains National Park, with important burial grounds and archeological sites including a former sod home.

Drummers, Simone Daniels, Desti...orngat Mountains National Park.

Drummers, Simone Daniels, Destiny Solomon and Ricky Daniels, play a prayer song on in front of a burial ground at Rose Island, a sacred place in Torngat Mountains National Park.

Photos of visitors, elders and ...untains National Park basecamp.

Photos of visitors, elders and researchers hang inside the research centre at Torngat Mountains National Park basecamp.

Chaim Andersen, the community c...capes around Northern Labrador.

Chaim Andersen, the community climate change liaison, works at the research centre in Nain, Labrador, and studies the impacts of climate change on communities and landscapes around Northern Labrador.