Ice water for thousands of years, this is the place where people crave

The living water of the people in Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, Canada, is taken from the icebergs formed thousands of years ago and stuck here.

Icebergs that descend from the Davis Strait are often blocked north of the Arctic Circle at Qikiqtarjuaq (formerly known as Broughton) in Nunavut, Canada.This is also the place where local people use the purest water in the world.

Before moving to Qikiqtarjuaq with her family in 1980, Mary Killiktee had never seen so many icebergs at the same time. Currently, she is the first female mayor in this small town and still fascinated by its natural beauty. Only more than 500 people live in Qikiqtarjuaq, according to Killiktee everyone knows each other. The town is located on a small island called Qikiqtarjuaq (meaning big island) right on the Arctic Circle . This is a residential community in Nunavut closest to Greenland, located at the entrance of Auyuittuq National Park. The icebergs stopped south of the Davis Strait, blocked by the cape and shallow waters. They create the landscape and culture here, also preserve the tradition and language of indigenous people and also provide the purest water in the world.

When the school closed, most families left Qikiqtarjuaq and went to the campsite about 2-3 hours away from the town by sleigh. In the summer, when the ice burns more and is not safe to travel, people use boats. Camping is a part of people's lifestyle. There is a special word for living outside from spring to summer as "upirngik". "I used to live like that with my mother and brothers and sisters. That helps me understand more about this land," Daisy Arnaquq said.Daisy and her husband Billy have a small shack at Kangiqtukulu.It was built by Daisy's father and the couple often spent time with their children, hunting and fishing.They also welcome mountain climbers, adventurers or adventurers to come here to visit the national park.

"The Inut lifestyle has changed a lot, we have moved from igloo igloos to microwaves for about 60 years , " said Peter Irniq, who grew up in an igloo and lived like that until 11. age, said.

Inut people are everywhere from Greenland, Alaska, Canada, to Russia, and thousands of people still survive in the harsh weather as always in the polar winter. But how do they live like that? Irniq replied: "I always say in my courses that even the Inuit and not the Inuit, our ancestors have lots of love and compassion to live to today. We share what we have. That's how our ancestors lived hundreds of thousands of years ago, so the Inuit culture still helps people survive. "

In Qikiqtarjuaq, almost everyone speaks Inuktitut language , English is not used as much as other large communities in Nunavut.Inuktitut is not a language but 26 different dialects in Nunavut alone.The dialects develop when the Inuit live in remote camps, isolated 50 years ago.Recently, the Inuit language has just begun to become a dialect to be more widespread.

Icebergs around Nunavut have been around for thousands of years. As the snow falls, it solidifies over time, creating transparent crystal-like ribbons, from which ice sheets form. Due to the strong currents, many ice sheets from other parts of the polar region drifted to Nunavut, and this place was dubbed the "land of icebergs". Water from the ice is very transparent, formed thousands of years ago so very few bacteria can grow, according to Derek Mueller, a scientist at Carleton University, Canada. The ice lacks some minerals that the groundwater often has, so it is more pure. And the people of Qikiqtarjuaq took water directly from the iceberg. "It's our way of life, part of culture. Families living around icebergs can get water from it. We respect the tradition and continue to live like that. Tighten the ice and melt ice. Killiktee said.

When the modern development of many older Inuit people worry about their traditional way of life will gradually disappear. However, many Inuit are still trying to preserve their voices. "When we went to school around the 1950s and 1960s, we were not allowed to speak Inuktitut. Teachers, education systems and Canadian governments were all forced to learn to speak and write in English. But we still keep your voice when communicating in the community, " Irniq said.