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Enoki Kunuk
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Enoki Kunuk (born 1926) is an 81 year old Inuit hunter who survived for 27 days in the Arctic tundra, from June 1 to June 28, 2007. Disappearance Kunuk left Igloolik, Nunavut on June 1 to hunt for caribou 100 kilometres north of the hamlet. He left Igloolik with some food, gasoline, warm clothing, a gun, ammunition, tarps, a kamotiq sled, and a snowmobile; however, he had no means of communication. Eventual rescue On June 28, Igloolik's mayor, Paul Quassa, convinced Air Inuit to lend a Twin Otter airplane. <ref name="Globe"/> That eventual search found Kunuk. Personal life Kunuk speaks no English or French, and he required a translator who spoke Inuktitut to relate to the media. <ref name="Globe"/> He is the father of Zacharias Kunuk, a film director, whose Atanarjuat won the best first feature award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001. <ref name="Globe"/> |
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