About 60 miles North of the Arctic Circle is the small village of Noatak, Alaska. The majority of the residents there, including Lonnie Arnold, still live a traditional #subsistence lifestyle and rely on the wild plants and animals to feed their families. During the summer, almost everyone in the Iñupiaq community is #fishing for #salmon, hunting, and picking blueberries, raspberries and aqpiks (cloudberries) to stock their freezers and pantries for the long winter ahead.

Video and story by Valerie Kern
Music by FirstCom Music

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