Gear for hunting at a seal's breathing hole

Natalino Piugattuk: If you are going to be waiting at a breathing hole with snow [cough], you first dig off the snow with this.

You dig around the hole, the breathing hole,

and try not to break it while digging off the snow, as it softens when the snow is wiped away.

You will be able to hear it getting thinner. This

will be used to dig away the snow and, as it gets closer,

it will start to sound like ice. This means the breathing hole isn't broken.

You can start to hear the ice while still digging with this.

While you dig the snow, it reaches the ice and you can hear the ice.

Then you make a small hole using the tip.

Once a hole is made, using another tool to hear the breathing

from the hole, you will know when to strike at the breathing hole

you are waiting at. That is what it was used for.

I have seen it used on a few occasions.

I'm not someone who waits too long at a breathing hole.

If someone has made a noise that the seals has heard, he will have to wait at the breathing hole for two hours.

If he has made a lot of noise,

he will be waiting for at least two hours before a seal comes up.