“Traditionally the hunters knew that during June and July—during the hot months—the further up inland you go the temperature is much hotter, and the animals are not very healthy. They are running around bothered by the bugs and they are not eating right. They are too hot and sometimes they are just skin and bones. The experienced hunters used to go down into the channels where traditionally the caribou there have big fat on them just like ukialiit [fall caribou]. Now you go down there to hunt looking for healthy caribou and they are not as healthy as they used to be. They are being bothered by the heat. I know this from my own experience that this has been happening.”
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