Tupilak / Tupilaq, Sisimuit Town, Greenland

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Tupilak / Tupilaq, Sisimuit Town, Greenland


I have no idea if there is a collective noun for tupilaqs, if I did I would use it here. I imagine they're all saying things like:

"I'm scarier than you"  "No way! I've got a cat-thing on my head"  "Yeh but I've got a man-fish coming out of my belly"





Photo; © Paul Ward - These are pictures from a cruise to the High Arctic in high summer, from Resolute Bay, Canada to Kangerlussuaq, Greenland.