Photo: Seal Day on the Hill

Nunavut Premier Peter Taptuna, right, presented Prime Minister Stephen Harper with a pair of seal skin mitts in Ottawa Jan. 30 in recognition of Seal Day on the Hill, with Nunavut MP Leona Aglukkaq. The annual event asserts the importance of the seal hunt as an important source of food and income for coastal and Inuit communities. (PHOTO COURTESY OF THE PMO)