Qaavigarsuaq and his wife, Bebianne, in front of their home in the 1950s. (Photo believed to be by Werner Carstensen, courtesy of Arktisk Institut 206182.)
The explorer Knud Rasmussen wrote of Arnarulunnguaq’s and Qaavigarsuaq’s contribution and loyalty: “Considering the rigors they endured, I don’t know which is the more remarkable, that I came through the three and a half years with the same team of dogs or with the same Eskimos. “Surely, however, it is no mere sentimental gesture to...
Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok, centre, congratulates Nunatsiaq News publisher Michael Roberts, left, and managing editor Corey Larocque at the Northern Lights conference and trade show in Ottawa, Friday. Nunatsiaq News is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2023. The first Inukshuk newsletter, which later became Nunatsiaq News, was published on Feb. 9, 1973. (Photo by Emma Tranter)