Medical mystery at the top of the world

Avataq is a 74-year-old Inuit hunter who has lived all of his life closer to the North Pole than almost anyone else. He is from a small village in northwest Greenland called Morriusaq, which is home to the Polar Eskimos, the smallest tribe of Inuit people - with about 750 members - and the planet's northernmost permanent settlers. (Full article: 1078 words)

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