His father beckons him. Sisoi crawls carefully to the bow of the canoe. He follows his father’s index finger. It points to a place in the slightly waving water: ‘there’. Sisoi feels his knees shaking a bit, now he is …

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Sisoi is visiting his grandmother. Not far from grandma’s hut are killer whales (orcas) swimming. Grandma gets up and walks on the beach for a while. “What does grandma do?” Sisoi asks his parents. Gaméla turns her head briskly. Shhh, …

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Just a few more hours and then there’s a big party! All morning Gaméla and Sisoi are walking around with smiling faces. Several families have gathered specially for the party in the bay of Saint Martin’s Cove, near Cape Horn. …

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The canoe sails along a rocky island. Sisoi’s father inspects the steep cliffs. Suddenly he points upward: “Son look, there!” With his eagle-eyed sight he can see bird nests. He counts four, five, up to ten on that one cliff …

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The sun sets behind the mountains and puts a golden glow on Beagle Channel. The wind has diminished. Five canoes are gliding through the calm water, not far off the coastline. There is a cozy, calm atmosphere on the water. …

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(Also read story 10. Ghosts between the flames) In the distance, Gamela sees a glitter, it is a badly injured baby sea lion. He lies bleeding on an ice floe. Gaméla saw him in the flames. She returns to the …

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Sisoi listens to his father who is talking with their temporary neighbour. The neighbour gives a helping hand with the repairs on the canoe. The neighbours had a long journey before they arrived, coming all the way from the other …

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Today is a lazy day. Gaméla leans against her mother who is preparing food near the fire. When her mother bends down her necklace tinkles. Gaméla stares at the middle link: a red snail home between rosy coloured shells hanging …

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You can handle a lot if you live in a place where it storms twenty-five times a year. You go ahead even though the wind blows strongly, because you never know whether you will find a fish for dinner. Or …

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Far away at the horizon a killer whale leaps from the water. Sisoi has no idea why. His father tells him that he expects a fight soon. Killer whales behave like that before attacking a whale they wish to devour. …

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Gaméla’s mum holds her breath and winds like a fish among the enormous marine algae which are growing in the crystal clear water. This giant kelp resembles a forest underwater. Gaméla swims side by side with her mother. At the …

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With his arm overboard, Sisoi stares into the distance. His fingers touch the water at each wave the canoe cuts through. To the rhythm of the waves he swings fully familiar back and forth, back and forth. Already as a …

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