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On Tuesday, Aug. 11, Kuujjuaq’s runners took part in a race organized by the Kuujjuaq Pinguatitsijingiit recreation committee. Here are the winners in the category for women aged 16 to 39, with recreation committee member Eva Kauki. From right to left: Amelia Whiteley Tukkiapik, first place, winner of a $500 prize; Jessie Munick, second place, winner of $400; Jeannie Makiuk, third place, winner of $300; and Emma Cain, fourth place, winner of $200. Participants in this category had to run all the way to the marina and back, a total of 12 km. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)

Kuujjuaq’s Aqpik Jam Music Festival didn’t happen this year due to COVID-19 restrictions, but the community’s recreation committee went ahead with the event’s usual daytime activities, including the aqpik berry-picking contest, which saw 65 registered participants. Here are the winners, from right to left: Susie L. Angnatuk and Maggie Angnatuk (tied for first and second place, with 16.5 pounds each), Jeannie A. Gordon and Susie M. Angnatuk (tied for third and fourth place, with 14.1 pounds), Annie Annanack Jr. (fifth place, with 13.8 pounds), Mary Imbeault (sixth place, with 13.5 pounds), Penina Saunders (seventh place, with 11.8 pounds), Mary Mesher (eighth place, with 11.5 pounds), Ina Saunders (ninth place, with 11.4) and Sammy Snowball (tenth place, with 11.3). The top 10 winners all received cash prizes, with the top two winners receiving $950 each. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)

Clare Kines took this photo of undulating clouds outside Arctic Bay, on the Nanivisik Highway just past the first bridge, on Aug. 1. “The St. George’s Society Cliffs can be seen in the background, and the clouds (I just learned) are called asperitas,” he writes. (Photo by Clare Kines)

On Aug. 10, which was a bright beautiful windy day, Malaya Qaunirq Chapman drove down Ippialuk Road to pick berries with family and friends, and captured this image of a field full of big beautiful aqpik. The temperature hovered around 27C, but there was a welcome breeze to help the berry pickers stay cool, and it kept the pesky flies away. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)

Clare Kines of Arctic Bay captured this image of a red-throated mother loon, or qaqsauq, and its chick on Aug. 9 at Kahula Lake, beyond Nanisivik. (Photo by Clare Kines)

After a sudden downpour swept through Iqaluit and out into Frobisher Bay on Saturday, Aug 1, the setting sun emerged and caught the fleeting remnants of the rainstorm, creating this rainbow. (Photo by Dustin Patar)

On Saturday, July 25, children in Kuujjuaq were surprised to see Santa and Mrs. Claus visit their community to celebrate Christmas in July. Along with their elves, Santa and Mrs. Claus spread good cheer, distributing candies and toys to the community’s children during a parade all around town that lasted the whole afternoon. And the Christmas music playing from their “sleigh” certainly brought a smile to the faces of everyone there, whether young or old. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)

Béatrice Allerton, 8, records Kaniq Allerton, 12, during the Nunavut Film Commission’s outdoor video boot camp in Iqaluit. (Photo by Simeonie Kisa-Knickelbein)

Malaya Qaunirq Chapman took this photo of Arctic char drying on a rack at Tunulik, 140 kilometres east of Kuujjuaq on the Ungava coast on July 12, during a gathering of the Snowball family and friends at their traditional family camp. “Tunulik used to be a busy fishing camp where people from around the world would visit and experience the amazing fishing right on the falls and Ungava coast,” Chapman writes. “I, along with my partner Etua, friends and family were fortunate to experience this special place to catch Arctic char and process our catch to make pitsik—a process where fish is filleted and cut into strips with the skin on for a delicious treat. To get to Tunulik, we took Etua’s aluminum boat and went east for three hours on the Ungava coast. It’s an experience we will cherish until the next time.” (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)

Clare Kines caught this photograph of a bumblebee, Bombus sylvicola, harvesting nectar and pollen from a prickly saxifrage in Arctic Bay on Monday, July 20. (Photo by Clare Kines)

Jutanie Kootoo of Pangnirtung shared this photo with us from a camping trip at Pikiuliruluu, on the far side of Cumberland Sound, taken on Friday, July 3. (Photo courtesy of Jutanie Kootoo)

A cargo ship enters Wakeham Bay for the sealift resupply of Kangiqsujuaq in this 2020 photo. (File photo)

This carving of a muskox by Barnabus Arnasungaaq fetched $84,000 during a live auction by First Arts in Toronto held on July 12. Fine Arts says it believes that price is a record for the artist at auction. Arnasungaaq, who carved his works with an axe and file from hard black stone found near his hometown of Baker Lake, was known for his minimalist style of carving without many surface details. He died in 2017 at the age of 93. (Photo courtesy of First Arts. Photo by Dieter Hessel)

David Kakuktinniq of Rankin Inlet took this photo of caribou near his community on July 14. “There have been tons of caribou coming through #rankininlet #nunavut recently, here’s an image of some stragglers,” he writes. (Photo by David Kakuktinniq)

Kuujjuaq residents flock to the beach on Wednesday, July 15. It was a hot day, with temperatures reaching 28 degrees C. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)

Lavinia Gordon gets some puppy love from Allen Gordon’s seven-week-old pups on June 21. Gordon raises and runs sled dogs in Kuujjuaq. (Photo by Allen Gordon)

From left: Whale Cove residents Yvette Itigaitok, Marina Itigaitok and Donna Saumik celebrate Nunavut Day on July 9 with some hand-crafted creations: atigi, or pullover jackets, made by Itigaitok and Saumik, and a hand-sewn Nunavut flag made by Saumik. (Photo courtesy of Maggie Saumik)

The Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services confirmed a new case of COVID-19 in Salluit on July 12, reportedly linked to a worker who didn’t quarantine before travelling to the region. (Photo courtesy of E. Herault/Interact)

Bryan Lemire picks mussels at Dry Bay, just outside of Kuujjuaq, on July 6. (Photo by Kaatsia Annanack)

Maggie Kuniliusie took this photo of tents set up in Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park outside Iqaluit a bit after 10 p.m. on Wednesday, July 8. “Our mother always encouraged us to calm down and to quiet our minds before she sent us to bed. Last night’s weather was a mood changer. I slept well and long. #Nunavutcation,” she writes. The staff at Nunatsiaq News hope our readers have a restful Nunavut Day on Thursday, July 9. Our Iqaluit office will be closed that day, and we’ll resume publishing on Friday, July 10. (Photo by Maggie Kuniliusie)

An ATV driver crosses the land near Taloyoak on June 16 under a fogbow, caused by the interaction between sunlight and small water droplets in the atmosphere. (Photo by Jonathan Nuss)