Journal of the Inuit Sled Dog International

The Inuit Sled Dog International (ISDI) is a consortium of enthusiasts whose goal the preservation of this ancient arctic breed in its purest form as a working dog. The ISDI's efforts are concentrated on restoring the pure Inuit Dog to its native habitat. The ISDI's coordinators welcome to your comments and questions.

ISDI Coordinator Canada
Geneviève Montcombroux, Box 206, Inwood, MB R0C 1P0; toadhall@mts.net

ISDI Coordinator USA
Sue Hamilton, 55 Town Line Road, Harwinton, CT 06791, qimmiq@snet.net

Editor's/Publisher's Statement

Editor-in-Chief: Sue Hamilton
Webmaster: Mark Hamilton
Print Version Publisher: Geneviève Montcombroux for Whippoorwill Press

The Fan Hitch, journal of the Inuit Sled Dog International, is published four times a year. It is available free online at: http://homepage.mac.com/puggiq. Print subscriptions as follows: in Canada $18.00 Cdn, in USA $16.00 US, elsewhere $22.00 Cdn per year, postage included. Send requests, with checks payable to "ISDI", to Whippoorwill Press, Geneviève Montcombroux, P.O.Box 206, Inwood, Manitoba, R0C 1P0, Canada or info@whippoorwillpress.com. Single copy issues and back issues (if not sold out) are available. Contact Whippoorwill Press for details.

The Fan Hitch welcomes your letters, stories, comments and suggestions. The editorial staff reserves the right to edit submissions used for publication.

Contents of The Fan Hitch are protected by international copyright laws. No photo, drawing or text may be reproduced in any form without written consent. Webmasters please note: written consent is necessary before linking this site to yours! Please forward requests to Sue Hamilton, 55 Town Line Rd., Harwinton, Connecticut 06791, USA or qimmiq@snet.net

Photo: Nunavut Tourism

The Great Arctic Hunter Game

The Sila website is a creation of Igloolik Isuma Productions, Inc., the film company who brought us the award winning Atanarjuat, The Fast Runner and the yet-to-be commercially released Journals of Knud Rasmussen. Sila is self-described as "… an innovative-learning website that connects people directly to the stunning Arctic environment and a rich Inuit cultural universe." Here you will find links to both films and The Great Arctic Hunter game, where you will can learn some of the skills and strategies* necessary for a successful hunt and to then use all parts of the animals you’ve harvested. But wait, there’s more! You will also get to enjoy aiyaya singing and there is a must-see video clip of an actual polar bear hunt using dogs! Here is how to navigate to that video.

Go to the Sila website.

Select "English".

Under "News", select "Play" for The Great Arctic Hunter game.

Select "Let’s Hunt".

Select "Next".

After you’ve paused to enjoy aiyaya singing, select "Play".

Click on the little image of the movie camera that you will see appear once you’ve placed your cursor over the polar bear.

After you've finished playing the video clip a half dozen times, play The Great Arctic Hunter game.

* I did email Isuma offering comment on how I thought that the two dogs pictured as one of the choices for hunting strategies unfortunately looked far more like Siberian Huskies than Inuit Sled Dogs.

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