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March/April 2002 issue	In this issue Table of Contents Editor’s Notebook Inside Story Feature: Walrus À la carte Mosaic Reverberations

Midway through the 400-kilometre Ivakkak 2001 dogsled race, Junior May of Kuujjuaq (left) hits a comfortable stride with his dog team. Ivakkak, which means "a steady trot," or "good momentum," is a 10-day event open to Inuit mushers from Nunavik (northern Quebec). George Berthe of the Inuit-owned Makivik Corporation, which helped organize the race, says it was initiated last year as "a way to resurrect dog teams." The tradition of dogsled travel was largely wiped out in the 1950s and 1960s when dogs in Inuit communities in northern Quebec were slaughtered by non-native authorities — for reasons that remain unclear and controversial. "For years and years, people have been saddened by this," says Berthe.

Last year, nine racers and their partners, including Lucassie Alayco (left) of Akulivik and Adamie Inukpuk (left, below untangling lead ropes) and his nephew Jamisie Inukpuk of Inukjuak, endured stiff winds and near whiteouts along the Hudson Bay shore between Umiujaq and Puvirnituq. The residents of Inukjuak, the course’s halfway point, came out in force to cheer them on (below). This year’s competition was held in February along western Ungava Bay.