Icy tales

Canadians are marvelling at the tale of an Inuit who went off hunting on June 1 and got stuck in a remote area of the high Arctic, all alone, for 28 days. He survived in the world's most unforgiving terrain on six fish and two birds he managed to catch.

The most remarkable thing about Enoki Kunuk's story is that this hunter is 81 years old. He went hunting for polar bears, but the snow and ice began to melt a bit earlier than he expected and his snowmobile got stuck in deep slush.

After he was gone for more than a week, residents of his home village of Igloolik got concerned and called in the military to search for him.

The military gave up after 10 days, but his friends and family did not.

After 28 days they found him and brought him home, where they threw a lavish feast in his honour. His family shrugged off shocked southerners, saying they never doubted he would find his way home.