Ithluk, an Inuit elder, speaks about the melting of the Greenland ice, recorded during construction of the ceremonial fire pit for the 2008 second circumpolar meeting. In his carefully chosen expression in English lies the urgency in which he attempts to reach out to the Western "civilizations" – urging us to understand the Inuit plight while at the same time grasping that our own survival is at stake as well. Produced by TUC Radio.