@Regrann from @natgeo - By @cristinamittermeier // He remembers how, as a five year old boy, his entire family was forcefully removed from their ancestral territory in northern Canada and translocated hundreds of miles away, to a land they did not know. His name was taken away and he became “Eskimo 1-602”. Fifty five years later, and after years of hunger, cultural and physical loss, and political struggle, David Serkoak - once known to his kin as “Hiquaq", is the first Inuit drummer to reach the North Pole. Tiptoe-dancing over a melting ice-scape, he raised his voice and drummed for joy to be standing at the top of the world. It was an honor to travel to the northernmost point of our planet with this Inuit elder, and to learn from his own voice, how self-determination is the best tool indigenous communities have to face a fast-changing planet. #Follow my #instagram feed at @cristinamittermeier for #morephotos from the North Pole. For @Sea_Legacy, with @paulnicklen. #climatechange | #arcticice | #NorthPoleSummit | #90degreesnorth | #sealegacy | #northpole | #instagood | @natgeocreative
