Eskimo: Fight For Life
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Presents the Netstilik Eskimos at a seal hunting camp out on the frozen Arctic sea near Pelly Bay in Northern Canada. Shows six families trekking across the sea ice and setting up camp near an area which they hope will provide them with good hunting for several weeks. Includes the building of a large ceremonial igloo. Shows the people eating together, rejoicing and playing games. A photographic essay on a vanishing life-style for the group has abandoned its nomadic existence.
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