""You're always taught to be extra, extra quiet and careful because they're so sensitive. This is our means of staying healthy and connected to the land and our culture.""
""Over the last 20 years, hunters have noticed that the whales have become skinnier, and harder to catch. By 2021, there were only about 2,000 left in the area, a 90% drop from more than 20,000 in the early 2000s.""
""A whole host of things are changing - not just the ice, the water temperature, species, all the way from the bottom of the food chain all the way up.""
Narwhals, vital to Inuit communities for over 1,000 years, are facing a dramatic population decline, with numbers dropping from over 20,000 to about 2,000. This decline affects the cultural and nutritional practices of communities like Mittimatalik. Hunters report that narwhals are skinnier and harder to catch, with climate change suspected as a contributing factor. The Arctic is warming significantly, altering ecosystems and impacting the food chain, which may be driving narwhals away from traditional migration routes.
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