Nunavik’s rite of summer – the aqpik

The aqpik — or cloudberries — are starting to show up in Nunavik. The berries typically grow in August but plants and berries appear to be a month early this season. Aqpik lend their name to the Aqpik Jam Music Festival in Kuujjuaq, which takes place this year Aug. 15 to 18. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman, special to Nunatsiaq News)