Ngembeko yoSuku loMama

NguMark J. Spalding, uMongameli, i-Ocean Foundation

Kuhambo lwakutsha nje oluya eMaine, ndibe nethuba lokutyelela imiboniso emibini kwiKholeji yaseBowdoin yasePeary-McMillan imyuziyam yaseArctic. Omnye wabizwa Imimoya yoMhlaba, yoMoya, kunye naManzi: I-Antler Carvings evela kwiQokelelo leRhafu likaRobert kunye noJudith, kwaye enye yayibizwa ngokuba yiAnimal Allies: Inuit Views of the Northern World. Imizobo ye-Inuit kunye neprints eboniswayo iyamangalisa. Izinto zakudala kunye nombhalo okhuthazayo ngaphakathi komboniso, kunye neefoto zikaBill Hess zixhasa imiboniso emihle.

Ngeli xesha lonyaka, kwakufanelekile ngokukhethekileyo ukuphinda siqhelane noSedna, unina wazo zonke izidalwa zaselwandle kwintsomi yamaInuit. Enye inguqulelo yebali ithi wayekhe waba ngumntu kwaye ngoku uhlala emazantsi olwandle, encame ngomnwe wakhe ngamnye ukuze azalise ulwandle. Iminwe yaba yeyokuqala kumatywina, iwalrus, nezinye izidalwa zaselwandle. Nguye owondlayo nokhusela zonke izidalwa zolwandle kwaye nguye ogqibayo ukuba ziya kubanceda njani abantu abaxhomekeke kuzo. Nguye ogqibayo enoba izilwanyana ziya kuba kwindawo ezizingelayo abantu abazifunayo. Kwaye ngabantu abafanele bahloniphe kwaye bahloniphe iSedna kunye nezidalwa ekuthatheni kwabo. Intsomi yakwa-Inuit ihlabela mgama isithi isenzo esibi somntu ngamnye singcolisa iinwele nomzimba wakhe, yaye ngaloo ndlela, senzakalisa izidalwa azinyamekelayo.

Njengoko sifunda ngakumbi malunga neziphumo zokufudumeza kweelwandle, utshintsho lwe-pH, i-hypoxic zones, kunye nokunyuka kwamaqondo olwandle kumanxweme asemntla, indima ka-Sedna ekusikhumbuzeni uxanduva lwethu lokukhulisa intabalala yolwandle ibaluleke ngakumbi. Ukususela eHawaii ukuya kwiMaori yaseNew Zealand, ukusuka eGrisi ukusa eJapan, kuzo zonke izithethe ezingaselunxwemeni, iintsomi zabantu ziyawubethelela lo mgaqo usisiseko wolwalamano lwabantu nolwandle.

NgoMhla woMama, sihlonipha abo banqwenela ukuhlonela nokondla izidalwa zolwandle.