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Race against the Tide

 The people of Kangiqsujuaq in Canada go to great lengths to add variety to their diet of seal meat, venturing under the sea ice during the extreme low tides of the spring equinox to gather mussels.
It's a race against time. They have less than half an hour to search these temporary caverns before the tide rushes back in. A look-out keeps watch for the returning tide, but warning shouts can't be too loud in case the echoes bring down the ice.

This struck me as almost unbelievable. I was sure it was somebody's slick "photo shopping" of reality. But when I went looking for the source I found it on BBC1. The next thing that slammed me between the eyes was the risk these people take for seafood. The fish counter at Albertson's takes on a whole new meaning for me now. And an order of mussels at Olive Garden just won't be the same.

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