The Witnesses were organized into groups and assigned to visit towns and villages that extended from Aklavik, Northwest Territories, in the west to Kangiqsualujjuaq, Quebec, in the east, a region spanning over 3,300 kilometers ( 2,000 miles). Those participating in this outreach campaign cared for their own travel expenses including, in some cases, airline tickets that cost several thousands of dollars per person.
Prior to the campaign, the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses approved translation of the video Why Study the Bible? into Inuktitut. This Inuit language is spoken by about 35,000 people in Canada and is recognized as an official language in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
Still burning up as a result of this article!!
I hope that the Witnesses on this expedition aren't all brain washed zombie drones. If any of them still have an active brain cell among them maybe spending a little time in Canada's far North will have a greater impact on the Witnesses than on their potential Inuit converts.
They should try wrapping their closed minds around the Inuit language for example not an easy task by any means. The Inuit have several words to describe snow conditions for example. http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/varia/snow.html It would be a very fitting gesture indeed to require young Bethelite missionaries or any religious fanatic missionaries to learn the culture and language of the Inuit as taught by the Inuit themselves in some recognized Institution of higher education. I am sure there are many people in First Nations communities that would love a crack at it.
This will provide much needed employment for the members of the Inuit communities who are academically inclined and give some Southerners an understanding and appreciation of Arctic culture and there is always the chance that it might awaken some of the religious zombies.
With whats at stake monetarily in Arctic resources the Inuit can easily afford this.