Clyde River (Feb 27/06) - Elko Angutikjuak has lived many lives. He's been a die-hard hunter, a professional carver, an outfitter, and a cameraman for Inuit Broadcasting Corporation.

And now, the fishing business is where he hangs his hat. Speaking through Peter Iqalukjuak's translations, Angutikjuak describes this interest.

"His goal right now is fishing. That's his interest. That's what he does. He says in the near future, he might be able to make an income from it."

Angutikjuak is involved in a group effort to start a small fishing company in Clyde River.

"He is bringing his traditional Inuit knowledge and what he is learning right now to this," said Iqalukjuak.

Essentially, he's hoping to help locate prime spots to find fish. Angutikjuak has also been training people in his home town how to fish, and will be doing the same in Pond Inlet in the near future.

If he's not talking about fishing, thinking about fishing, or just fishing, Angutikjuak is most likely brooding over baffling weather patterns.

Before the 1970s hit, it was easy for him to predict the weather - his elder brother taught him well. But now, everything is different.

"The most strange thing he's noticed is the snow is really different," said Iqalukjuak.

He described it as "darker, not as white as it used to be and harder."

The colour change, he says, is because of pollutants coming from the south. The change in firmness is because of stronger wind.

"He noticed the wind is stronger than before, and it's changing the shape of the land."

Despite these setbacks, Iqalukjuak says nine times out of 10, Angutikjuak's weather predictions will be more accurate than broadcasted weather forecasts.

"I'll ask Elko what he thinks the weather will do, and then I'll check the Internet, and Elko is always closer."

Elko was born in an outpost camp north of Clyde, but moved to the settlement in 1957 to marry a local woman.

And he's been living there ever since.

He's established a good life for himself, with his many hobbies.

In fact, right after the phone interview, Elko loaded up his dog team and travelled to his cabin, where he would spend the night and get an early start to the day of - you guessed it - fishing.