Nanook of the North 1922 Nanuk, El Esquimal

Nanook of the North 1922 Nanuk, El Esquimal Nanook, an Eskimo (what is now known as an Inuit), his family, and his followers of “Itivimuits“ are among the approximately three hundred nomadic people who live in an area roughly the size of England on the eastern shores of Hudson’s Bay in a region called Ungava of Canada’s north. Their travel is largely through kayak and other water vessels in the summer and dog sled during the winter. They have some contact with white people of “western“ civilization, with whom they barter for goods at set trading posts. However, their life is primarily one of subsistence, with Nanook and the men hunting for food to keep them alive, which is not always easy. Their food sources are primarily sea related - salmon, seal and walrus - meaning that they spend most of their time along the Hudson’s Bay shore, although animals such as white foxes, polar bears and de