Irish currach-builder Pádraig Ó Duinnín travels to Greenland to make a kayak with Inuits. This footage shows him hunting whale on an Inuit harpooning trawler. The harpoon cost €600 every time it is fired, and they do not get near enough to the minke whale on this occasion. This is the final day of the whaling season and the Inuit hunter must go home with nothing. He kills a seal as compensation. It is worth €80, while the minke whale would be worht €6,000. There are many humpback whales around, but it is illegal to hunt them.
On Monday after the weekend Pádraig goes to the Nuuk market to see the food that's been hunted over the weekend. He tries raw whale and seal meat.
The film also shows an Inuit man dressed in traditional sealskin wetsuit displaying kayaking rolling techniques in a traditional wood and canvas kayak.
Some images of icebegs and huskies and prefabricated homes built on the permaforst.
Filmed by Traolach Ó Buachalla.
Manchán Magan, Global Nomad Films www.manchan.com
A Global Nomad film, Ruan & Manchan Magan
Tags: Greenland Inuit Kayak kayaking whale hunting harpooning seal kayak Nuuk
