Polemekeza Tsiku la Amayi

Wolemba Mark J. Spalding, Purezidenti, The Ocean Foundation

Paulendo waposachedwa wopita ku Maine, ndinali ndi mwayi wokaona ziwonetsero ziwiri ku Bowdoin College's Peary-McMillan Arctic Museum. Mmodzi anaitanidwa Mizimu ya Malo, Mpweya, ndi Madzi: Zojambula za Antler zochokera ku Robert ndi Judith Toll Collection, ndipo winayo ankatchedwa Animal Allies: Inuit Views of the Northern World. Zojambula za Inuit ndi zojambula zomwe zikuwonetsedwa ndizodabwitsa. Zojambula ndi zolemba zolimbikitsa mkati mwa chiwonetserochi, komanso zithunzi za Bill Hess zimathandizira zowonetsera zokongola.

Panthaŵi imeneyi ya chaka, kunali koyenera kwambiri kudziŵananso ndi Sedna, mayi wa zolengedwa zonse za m’madzi m’nthanthi za Inuit. Nkhani ina imanena kuti poyamba anali munthu ndipo tsopano akukhala pansi pa nyanja, atapereka chala chilichonse kuti alowe m'nyanja. Zalazo zinakhala zoyamba za zisindikizo, walrus, ndi zolengedwa zina za m'nyanja. Ndi iye amene amasamalira ndi kuteteza zolengedwa zonse za m'nyanja ndi iye amene amasankha momwe angathandizire anthu omwe amadalira iwo. Ndi iye amene amasankha ngati nyamazo zidzakhala kumene anthu amene amazifuna akusaka. Ndipo ndi anthu omwe ayenera kulemekeza ndi kulemekeza Sedna ndi zolengedwa pakutenga kwawo. Nthano za Inuit zimanenanso kuti cholakwa chilichonse cha munthu chimadetsa tsitsi ndi thupi lake, ndipo motero, zimavulaza zolengedwa zomwe amazisamalira.

Pamene tikuphunzira zambiri za zotsatira za kutentha kwa nyanja, kusintha kwa pH, madera a hypoxic, ndi kukwera kwa madzi a m'nyanja m'mphepete mwa nyanja kumpoto, ntchito ya Sedna yotikumbutsa udindo wathu wosamalira ubwino wa nyanja imakhala yofunika kwambiri. Kuchokera ku Hawaii kupita ku Maori a ku New Zealand, kuchokera ku Greece mpaka ku Japan, kudutsa zikhalidwe zonse za m’mphepete mwa nyanja, nthano za anthu zimalimbitsa mfundo yaikulu imeneyi ya ubale wa anthu ndi nyanja.

Patsiku la Amayi, timalemekeza omwe akufunanso kulemekeza ndi kulera zolengedwa za m'nyanja.