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Video: Incredible Inuit hunt mussels under sea ice
Check out this amazing video from BBC’s Human Planet series.
photo by Murray Dewing (Our Manitoulin! on Flickr CC)
I just had to post this BBC video I came across a few months ago while researching the Inuit settlements of northern Quebec.
This dangerous type of under ice mussel harvesting takes place in only two known communities in Arctic Canada, near the Hudson Strait.
Since agriculture is nonexistent there, Inuit of communities such as Kangiqsujuaq survive on diets of mostly seal meat. So mussels are a welcome and valued dietary supplement.
But the work of gathering mussels is dangerous stuff. Entering these otherworldly caves of sea ice during low tide means working by moonlight and risking being trapped under ice in a cold, watery grave.
The locals can only do this during extreme low tides, when sea ice drops by up to 12m (about 40 feet), opening fissures through which the exposed seabed – and its edible riches – can be glimpsed. The best time to go is when the moon is either full or brand new, as this is when the tide stays out the longest.
–BBC News
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Thank you, Rachel. It is indeed amazing what people will do for a bit of the old mussels.
wow…I was totally blown away by that video. Among all seashells, mussels is my favorite. with its succulent flavor you can never go wrong , may it be baked, charbroiled,steamed or simple as clear soup. yum! so versatile.
Here you can purchase an equivalent of 2 dollars a kilo of mussels. I never imagine that somewhere across the globe , there are people who managed to risk their lives just for a bucket of my favorite seafood.
Article and videos like this humbles us to appreciate the convenience of life that were usually taken for granted…. I love the article.
Life has a delicate balance in these extreme places and climate change may be causing the ice to melt earlier, making this mussel hunt even more dangerous for the Inuit. Still, these people know how to survive and would probably fare better than us city folk should a disaster strike.
[...] Video: Incredible Inuit hunt mussels under sea ice I just had to post this BBC video I came across a few months ago while researching the Inuit settlements of northern Quebec. [...]
This is amazing ! I saw the documentary a few months ago as well and i was very impressed.