April 3, 2011 Congratulations to the Ivakkak 2011 winners!
April 2, 2011 Almost there!
April 1, 2011 The dog teams are now more than half way thru the race
March 31, 2011 The teams are at “the tastiest part”
March 30, 2011 The teams unwind in Akulivik before tomorrow’s continuation
March 29, 2011 The dog teams reach Akulivik
March 28, 2011 The 10th edition of Ivakkak hit the trails
March 27, 2011 The Ivakkak 2011 Mushers are ready!
March 21, 2011 Ivakkak 2011
The pure-bred Husky dog was nearly extinct in Nunavik. Nowadays, the people mostly travel by snowmobile. Yet, the memories of another time when dogs were man’s most reliable partners are not so far behind. In a desire to bring back the dogs to Nunavik, Makivik, a corporation representing the Inuit of Nunavik, organized Nunavik’s own dog team race, one that would pass through various communities.
With the support of other northern organizations, in 2001, Ivakkak was born. Given its name by Nunavik Governor and old time dog teamer Johnny Watt, the first Ivakkak, an Inuit word that means “when the dogs are at their best pace” would begin on the Hudson Coast, from Umiujaq to Puvirnituq, passing through Inukjuak.
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