Beach Battle: Inuit Hunters Confront a Huge Walrus in the Arctic

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  • Опубликовано: 21 июн 2024
  • In this thrilling scene from Robert Flaherty's groundbreaking docudrama "Nanook of the North", we witness the incredible courage and cooperation of an Inuit walrus hunting party. Led by the skilled hunter Nanook, the men stealthily approach a herd of walruses basking on the shore. Nanook spots the sentinel of the herd and freezes each time it raises its head to survey for danger. Inch by painstaking inch, he crawls ever closer to his quarry, until he is almost upon them. With a burst of speed, Nanook leaps up and hurls his harpoon with all his strength, burying it deep in the hide of a 2000 kg bull walrus. The enraged animal bellows and thrashes in the surf, threatening to drag Nanook to a watery grave. Nanook strains with every sinew to hold fast to the harpoon line as the walrus heaves to and fro. Desperately, he waves to his fellow hunters on the beach. They race across the sand, grabbing hold of the line to join the titanic tug-of-war. For long minutes the men dig in their heels, pitting their combined might against the floundering leviathan. Slowly, with each heave on the line, they drag the exhausted walrus further up onto the beach, until at last it succumbs. The men erupt in cries of triumph and relief. Wasting no time, the hunters set upon the carcass with their knives, carving off huge slabs of blubber and flesh. For this brief moment, the threat of starvation that perpetually stalks the Inuit is forgotten as they feast on the bounty of the hunt. The walrus will provide food, fuel and materials to sustain the community for days to come. While likely staged for the camera, this scene nonetheless captures the life-and-death struggles and vital spirit of collaboration that allowed the Inuit to survive in the unforgiving Arctic environment. Through Flaherty's lens, Nanook and his fellow hunters become enduring symbols of human resilience, ingenuity and brotherhood against the harshest odds nature can pose.
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  • @stevebennett9839
    @stevebennett9839 Месяц назад +49

    Those are some bad ass people to survive in those conditions.

    • @IMBrute-ir7gz
      @IMBrute-ir7gz Месяц назад +3

      Nowadays, they race around in outboard-powered aluminum boats, snowmobiles, and four-wheelers, firing high-powered, scoped rifles on their "Traditional" treaty hunts.

    • @ronaldgoodrich5460
      @ronaldgoodrich5460 Месяц назад +2

      Thrive not survive. Imagine coming across a polarbear with only a sharp stick.

    • @wesadrian6981
      @wesadrian6981 Месяц назад +1

      @@IMBrute-ir7gzyup. And the people that live south of there subsidize the gas they burn 🔥

    • @centurione6489
      @centurione6489 Месяц назад

      Gee ... I did the same thing with an antelope I dropped with a perfect lung shot. I had to live on the toilette for 2 days and 2 nights ...

    • @Justin-op8gg
      @Justin-op8gg 29 дней назад +1

      People today are pretty bad ass surviving off battery chicken and soy

  • @kirkmann7649
    @kirkmann7649 Месяц назад +25

    These people are way more alive than most.

    • @stevenboyce4136
      @stevenboyce4136 Месяц назад

      and they don't use PRONOUNS either and know the difference between a man and a woman...this world nowadays is so F*CKED

  • @davidhill492
    @davidhill492 Месяц назад +14

    Amazing they even got the harpoon in that thing if they able to pull it just by the barb.

    • @wesadrian6981
      @wesadrian6981 Месяц назад +2

      Heck of a tug of war 😂

    • @user-wi9qs3jj8u
      @user-wi9qs3jj8u 19 дней назад +2

      ...это ,,поворотный" гарпун.Он отделяется от древка и при натяжении веревки становится поперек раневого канала.Его невозможно вынуть,только вырезать.

  • @donnovicki9771
    @donnovicki9771 17 дней назад +8

    If there could have been a film crew 10,000 years ago, they would have filmed the exact same scene.

    • @reddygaru5041
      @reddygaru5041 11 дней назад +1

      Minus the Steel Blade and Rope that they bought at the Trading store ...

    • @donnovicki9771
      @donnovicki9771 11 дней назад +1

      @@reddygaru5041 true but you get the gist

  • @fishhunter348
    @fishhunter348 Месяц назад +24

    Amazing footage!

  • @joeivory9780
    @joeivory9780 2 дня назад

    Great video. I love how they figured out how to hunt these animals as a team. Polar bears can’t take them down but men can with harpoons and rope. That is awesome. Now I’m wondering…how does walrus taste?

  • @johntoothman4888
    @johntoothman4888 Месяц назад +17

    This is true life!

  • @amrelgohary5472
    @amrelgohary5472 Месяц назад +9

    Waoo real hunters what a perfect vedio

  • @pamtnman1515
    @pamtnman1515 Месяц назад +10

    An honest life

  • @incognito5986
    @incognito5986 29 дней назад +11

    That’s one tough grocery store.

  • @q-man762
    @q-man762 Месяц назад +8

    Walrus meat for everyone!

  • @butchbinion1560
    @butchbinion1560 28 дней назад +1

    Thanks. ✌🏻👊🏼

  • @Jaysol24
    @Jaysol24 Месяц назад +2

    humbling...

  • @markrouse2416
    @markrouse2416 2 дня назад

    Walrus tar tar after a satisfying hunt.

  • @brucefranklin1317
    @brucefranklin1317 10 дней назад

    Ive seen nanook of the north videos... this is one of um

  • @SAMSUNGA-vu6os
    @SAMSUNGA-vu6os 21 день назад

    Wau thousand kg vs 100s kg tag what a way tu hunt salute❤

  • @jay.c7175
    @jay.c7175 27 дней назад

    Side toughness of the human

  • @saltymofo5870
    @saltymofo5870 Месяц назад +1

    Don’t knock it till ya try it

  • @icarusicarus4801
    @icarusicarus4801 13 дней назад

    Can someone please tell me the name of the bgm at 0:50 sec

  • @arystanbeck914
    @arystanbeck914 25 дней назад

    Hard work, hard life

  • @julioalbertoherrera1339
    @julioalbertoherrera1339 17 дней назад +1

    I'm the Egghead
    I'm the Walrus...

  • @gregsanford3848
    @gregsanford3848 10 дней назад

    I cant help thinking of how heavy their soaking wet clothes must be and freezing cold too

  • @mannaggia849
    @mannaggia849 Месяц назад +1

    Vorrei vedere gli " uomini" moderni quanto sopravviverebbero 😂

  • @missourimongoose8858
    @missourimongoose8858 13 дней назад

    I recommend watching the tuktu series on youtube if you like watching this sort of thing

  • @jimlepeu577
    @jimlepeu577 25 дней назад

    Real men living a real life, I admit I wouldn’t have been strong enough.

  • @ultimateormus7903
    @ultimateormus7903 Месяц назад +1

    The Eskimos hunt just like this

    • @pamtnman1515
      @pamtnman1515 26 дней назад

      These Inuit ARE “Eskimos”

    • @markbuske5026
      @markbuske5026 17 дней назад

      @@pamtnman1515The word ‘Eskimo’ is a Cree word for ‘eaters of raw meat’. The word ‘Inuit’ means ‘the people’.

    • @pamtnman1515
      @pamtnman1515 16 дней назад

      @@markbuske5026 good. So long as they are not again pitched as two totally different groups

  • @rogerioverdao
    @rogerioverdao 7 дней назад

    Real hunters

  • @sjshar1510
    @sjshar1510 18 дней назад +1

    Raw meat 😮

  • @dankress9529
    @dankress9529 Месяц назад +9

    Live footage of caveman basically

  • @bassambouhamad7935
    @bassambouhamad7935 Месяц назад +3

    Best life ever, These people they never get sick, Ice age generation.

    • @pamtnman1515
      @pamtnman1515 26 дней назад

      Well, smallpox did wipe out their southern cousins

    • @oneshothunter9877
      @oneshothunter9877 25 дней назад +1

      Oh, yes, they get sick just like everyone else.

    • @arystanbeck914
      @arystanbeck914 25 дней назад +1

      Are you kidding me? How long do you think they lived?

  • @meljorge1203
    @meljorge1203 18 дней назад +1

    this is the life of our ancient ancestors

  • @Bvanyangu352
    @Bvanyangu352 Месяц назад

    Do they eat uncooked meat?

    • @John5209
      @John5209 28 дней назад +2

      They air dry thin strips as well as make stews of meat, cooked on a simple stove powered by the flammable oil made from melted blubber ( fat). Chewing high density fat helps in that cold!!!

    • @pamtnman1515
      @pamtnman1515 26 дней назад

      Yes they do

    • @oneshothunter9877
      @oneshothunter9877 25 дней назад

      Yes, we do.

    • @user-wi9qs3jj8u
      @user-wi9qs3jj8u 19 дней назад

      Есть ещё такая вещь как ,,копальхен".
      ...ты будешь удивлён.

  • @marcus266
    @marcus266 Месяц назад +2

    Delicious, feast coming up 😋

  • @kennethmcdonald5278
    @kennethmcdonald5278 25 дней назад

    My great grandfathers decendents are inuitproud to be a.part of my grandfathers lineagehe.was a good man SIMON HANSoN his.people came from greenland , through denmark to gain entrance to the U.S. OF A. , cod liver oil sucks

  • @josephrogers8213
    @josephrogers8213 10 часов назад

    Helpless my ass

  • @user-nf7sz6st8x
    @user-nf7sz6st8x 10 дней назад

    Much easier to go to Walmart

  • @neidimarmorais6277
    @neidimarmorais6277 8 дней назад

    É

  • @petertodorov1792
    @petertodorov1792 29 дней назад +1

    Carnivore Diet

    • @user-wi9qs3jj8u
      @user-wi9qs3jj8u 19 дней назад

      Извини.Бананы и авокадо там не произрастают.
      ...картофель кстати тоже.

  • @HiloBoiz808
    @HiloBoiz808 18 дней назад

    Walrus sashimi! Bangin, vegans need not apply.

  • @mikerhodes3563
    @mikerhodes3563 Месяц назад +2

    Nope just a day at the office for them at that time. Now they are mostly drunks and living off the taxpayers from the lower 48

    • @pamtnman1515
      @pamtnman1515 26 дней назад

      You might be thinking of Indians in the Lower 48, not Inuit

  • @texaspapa9445
    @texaspapa9445 14 дней назад

    Any vegans out there?.

  • @kirkmann7649
    @kirkmann7649 Месяц назад +11

    These people are way more alive than most.