Picnic in Pangnirtung Dry Point Print
An Inuit family building a fire to have a picnic.
Dry Point
34.5cm x 31cm / edition of 35
Artist: Andrew Qappik
Printmaker: Andrew Qappik
Pangnirtung (Pangnirtuuq, ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ) is a hamlet on Baffin Island, Nunavut, located 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of the Arctic Circle on an ancient beach in Pangnirtung Fjord at the north end of Cumberland Sound. Renowned for its traditional Inuit arts and crafts, this artistic community has a population of 1400, roughly 95% of whom are Inuit.