Episode 53 - Roots and Hoots with Johnny Flaherty

On this week’s episode of Roots and Hoots, host Gordon Spence is joined by Inuk hunter, community and family man, Johnny Flaherty. The two discuss life up in Canada’s Northern Arctic and Johnny shares stories of his many polar bear hunts and travels with his dog sled team. 

Show Notes 

• Nanook of the North (1922)
• Filmmaker Robert J. Flaherty
• Inuit High Arctic Relocation Program
• Inuktitut
• Swarovski Binoculars
• Yamaha VK540 Snowmobile
• Inuit Sled Dogs
• Qamutiik
• Sea Ice
• Arctic Animals
• Arctic Hare
• Map of Nunavut

Recommended

• Martha of the North (2008)
• What I Remember, What I Know: The Life of a High Arctic Exile by Larry Audlaluk
• Episode 25 - Roots and Hoots Interview with Larry Audlaluk
• Polar Knowledge Canada
• Arctic Circle
• Inuit Nunangat
• Nunavut Hunting Regulations 2023-2024
• Declining Caribou Population

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