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IN THE


PAST THREE


DECADES,


THE THICKEST


(AND OLDEST)


ICE THAT


SUPPORTS THE


ARCTIC MARINE


ECOSYSTEM


HAS DECLINED


BY 95 PERCENT.


Tagoonak Qavavauq,
an Inuit elder, teaches
children how to make a
bread called bannock
on a school field trip.
Ancestral knowledge
about how to survive
on the frigid land is
disappearing with the
elders. Many are deter-
mined to pass down
traditions, particularly
to children whose fam-
ilies no longer hunt or
go camping. Learning
how to live with lim-
ited resources is key
to survival at a time
when food insecurity
and poor nutrition are
increasing problems in
Inuit communities.

138 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

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