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AMKA
In 2001, Polar Explorer, Lonnie Dupre and his partner John Hoelscher circumnavigated Greenland.
It took them five years to complete the project, traveling the northern half by dog-team and the southern half by kayak.
A circumnavigation of Greenland had never been completed before and has not been repeated since.
In 2022, Lonnie returned to Greenland for the first time since his circumnavigation.
His aim - to assemble a dog team, train them and travel with them, alongside Inuit hunters throughout northwest Greenland.
AMKA, meaning “one with a friendly spirit” in Inuktun, is the story of this return to Greenland.
This film looks into the relationship and connection between Polar Explorers, Inuit Hunters and the Greenlandic Sled Dog.
The focus of this story is not a final destination or successful completion of a specific objective on a map.
Instead, it endeavours to illuminate how traveling in the Arctic by dog team is a deeply connecting force,
no matter what culture or country one started from.
Amka shares the profound and lasting impact such experiences have on a person’s soul
and celebrates the integrity of a culture amidst change.
AMKA is currently in post-production, set to premiere in Autumn of 2023.
Support for this project provided by:
Rolex as part of its Perpetual Planet Initiative, Primaloft, Arc’teryx Alberta, Hilleberg, and Granite Gear.
Direction, cinematography, editing + sound - Eva Capozzola
Additional cinematography - Josefin Kuschela