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Shadows of Change (Greenland) by Stanley Greene | NOOR
Climate change is forcing hunters who are called "Kings of the Ice" in Uummannaq to become fishermen, to ask a hunter to become a fishermen is very low thing to ask of him, because he is a hunter and polar bear, whale, seal meat is what he eats, fishing is for Women and children, the good ice is disappearing, it is okay for boats, but not dog sleds, so now hunters are killing their dogs because there are too many in Uummannaq over 6,000 dogs and not enough to feed them. Once one piece of the hunters life disappears, then it all starts to melt away, just like the ice that is going away, and soon the hunters of Uummannaq may disappear as well, without good ice they cannot survive and with out ice they are no longer "Kings of the Ice" and then they are nothing at all. - We have called them Eskimos, but they are Inuit, and they have always named themselves as such. The name eskimos comes from the word 'Eskimautik', which means "Those who eat raw meat" the people of the North. Traditional dress of Polar bear, seal skin, boots and fur -lined coverings have help Inuit people to survive some of Earths coldest weather for centuries, Without sea ice, seals cannot build ledges, on which to rest, eat and bear their pups, walruses cannot find refuge on drift ice to rest, and digest their meals, of clams and other shell fish, polar bear cannot catch seals, if there is no ice hunters cannot travel in dog sled in search of game, for food and skins, arctic biologists say that the entire eco system is in collapse, Because of the disappearing cold ice, hunters have to shoot their dogs, because there is not enough food to feed them, without sea ice without, sled dogs, without Polar bears, marine mammals and birds, traditional life in the arctic could crumble pretty quickly, and without the skins of polar bears and seals the Inuit culture will die out. - In one year glaciers have retreated 15 km Greenland Glaciers are continuing to lose ice area, a loss equivalent with a area more than the 11 times the area of Manhattan, there is a prediction that there could be a loss of 100 square meters by the summer of 2010. (noor)
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