The disappearing world of the last of the Arctic hunters | World news | The Observer

The disappearing world of the last of the Arctic hunters | World news | The Observer

Living in the most northern permanently inhabited settlements in the world, the Inughuit people, or polar Eskimos as they are often known, have eked out an existence in this Arctic desert in the north-west corner of Greenland for centuries. The Inughuit are one of the smallest indigenous groups in the world, with a population of just 800 spread across the four settlements that make up the Thule region.