Ngenhlonipho Yosuku Lomama

Ngu-Mark J. Spalding, uMongameli, i-Ocean Foundation

Ohambweni lwakamuva oluya eMaine, ngithole ithuba lokuvakashela imibukiso emibili e-Bowdoin College's Peary-McMillan Arctic Museum. Omunye wabizwa Imimoya Yomhlaba, Yomoya, Namanzi: I-Antler Carvings evela ku-Robert and Judith Toll Collection, kanti enye yayibizwa ngokuthi i-Animal Allies: Inuit Views of the Northern World. Imidwebo yama-Inuit nama-prints aboniswayo ayamangalisa. Izinto zobuciko kanye nombhalo okhuthazayo ngaphakathi kombukiso, kanye nezithombe zikaBill Hess zisekela izibonisi ezinhle.

Ngalesi sikhathi sonyaka, kwakufaneleka ngokukhethekile ukujwayelana noSedna, unina wazo zonke izidalwa zasolwandle ezinganekwaneni zama-Inuit. Enye inguqulo yendaba ithi wake waba ngumuntu futhi manje uhlala phansi olwandle, wadela umunwe wakhe ngamunye ukuze agcwalise ulwandle. Iminwe yaba eyokuqala yezimpawu, ama-walrus, nezinye izidalwa zasolwandle. Nguye onakekela futhi avikele zonke izidalwa zasolwandle futhi nguye onqumayo ukuthi zizobasiza kanjani abantu abathembele kuzo. Nguye onqumayo ukuthi izilwane zizoba yini lapho abantu abazidingayo bezingela khona. Futhi ngabantu okufanele bahloniphe futhi bahloniphe uSedna nezidalwa ekuthatheni kwabo. Inganekwane yama-Inuit iqhubeka igomela ngokuthi ububi bomuntu ngamunye bungcolisa izinwele nomzimba wakhe, futhi kanjalo, bulimaza izidalwa azinakekelayo.

Njengoba sifunda kabanzi mayelana nemiphumela yokufudumala kwezilwandle, ukushintsha kwe-pH, izindawo ezine-hypoxic, kanye nokukhuphuka kwamazinga olwandle ogwini olusenyakatho olusengozini, indima ye-Sedna yokusikhumbuza umthwalo wethu wemfanelo wokunakekela insada yolwandle ibaluleka nakakhulu. Kusukela eHawaii kuya eMaori yaseNew Zealand, kusukela eGreece kuya eJapane, kuwo wonke amasiko asogwini, izinganekwane zabantu ziqinisa lesi simiso esiyisisekelo sobuhlobo bomuntu nolwandle.

NgoSuku Lomama, sihlonipha labo abafisa ukuhlonipha nokukhulisa izidalwa zasolwandle.