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Massive arctic cruise ships are threatening Inuit communities

"Before the [outsiders] arrived, Inuit fended for themselves by using the animals." Pond Inlet elder Elijah Panikpakochoo told VICE News correspondent Arielle Duhaime-Ross. "We survived by ourselves."

Since the 1980s, Northwest Passage transits have quadrupled. Increased rates of arctic tourism are particularly threatening to the food security of local communities.

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