Inuit want free travel over international waters between Canada, Greenland
Inuit from Canada and Greenland hope to convince at least four governments to let them manage and travel freely over an international stretch of Arctic ocean that’s one of the most productive environments in the North.
“We have to educate governments as to what’s up there,” said Okalik Eegeesiak, a member of an Inuit commission considering the future of the North Water Polynya, a huge and hugely biodiverse triangle of ocean between Greenland and Ellesmere and Baffin islands.
On Thursday, the Pikialasorsuaq Commission released its report on the area of unfrozen sea considered crucial to Inuit communities in Canada and Greenland.
It confirmed earlier suggestions that Inuit want to manage the area, establish it as protected and travel freely across it over international borders.