Climate change means the Inuit do what they've always done: Adapt


Nain's community members gather to watch and participate in the Easter Games, at the harbour in Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, April 19, 2022. The Easter Games is an annual week-long event held in Nain that brings the community together to participate in a variety of games for adults and children, including skidoo races, target shooting matches, snowshoe races, log-carrying races, among many others. REUTERS/Melissa Renwick

NAIN, Newfoundland (Reuters) - Rex Holwell has spent his life on the sea ice that forms each winter off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador in eastern Canada. Like other Inuit, he learned to hunt seals and fish from his father and other men. They would skim over the sea ice, first on dog sleds and then, by the time Holwell started accompanying them, on gasoline-powered skidoos. Holwell wants this life – and freedom – for his children.

Climate change is about to upend it all.

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