Iqaluit hunters prepare to net bowhead whale

By Daron Letts, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News There will be “maktaaq everywhere” on Iqaluit’s shore on Aug. 14 if members of the Amaruq Hunters and Trappers Association manage to catch their first bowhead in four years. An unidentified member of the Amaruq Hunters and Trappers Association prepares whale meat following a hunt of a bowhead whale near Iqaluit in August 2022. The association is planning another bowhead hunt next week. (Photo by Bill Williams, Special to Nunatsiaq News) Twenty-four hunters of all ages are set to take part in the hunt next week. “We have lots …