About 10 boats left a foggy Kangiqsualujjuaq on July 25 as part of a three-day journey in what was bound to be an eventful trip.
A team from the Inuit community located along the northeastern side of Ungava Bay joined representatives from the Avataq Cultural Institute, a Nunavik organization dedicated to preserving language and culture.
They equipped their motor boats and canoes with the necessities: food, camping gear and supplies. But their most precious cargo was the bones of four unknown people whose remains were excavated from Killiniq island — in Nunavut — decades ago.
The team set off to rebury the repatriated remains that had been dug up
