Although Summer has transformed the landscape in a multi-coloured scene, there are still certain geographical points, vistas and landmarks that seem familiar to me as we drive around the island. Asking Leonard, he confirmed that some places had indeed been on the route he took me out on to hunt caribou in March 2020.

Head back toward the hamlet, to keep going. There are a couple of people in the community that have been assisting with setting up the remote TEK interviews last year. Get a better sense of their involvement with the research, and who they are.

Drinking Coffee in the Community

During this first trip to Coral Harbour the after Covid-19 restrictions were lifted, I had a chance to meet up with people who I had only spoken to over zoom-connection before. These were the people that had installed technical set-up for the remote TEK mapping exercise, and had assisted Leonard in some of the land-based activities. Although we were only in Coral Harbour for 5 days, I tried to go out and meet as many people from the community as I could. Without the same 15-year pre-established community immersion that was present in Gjoa Haven, though, the options were a lot more limited, and centered around Leonard.

After this 5 day trip to Coral Harbour, another trip to Gjoa Haven scheduled. This trip is quite exiting, as it will be the first opportunity to meet the Gjoa Haven HTA board members, in person. After months of ongoing conversations with about how to write an academic article that shares their "Voices of Thunder" over conference call and zoom, you will have some possibilities move forward with the creative research outputs. Return to Cut 3 to visit Gjoa Haven

Cut 3: visit Gjoa Haven