SETTING

Baffin Island in the territory of Nunavut in the Canadian Arctic.

CHARACTERS

LEANNA (fifties)

Inuk. Climate change activist.

JEAN (forties)

Québécois. Climate scientist with a specialty in sea ice.

THOMAS (forties)

English Canadian. Officer for the Canadian Coast Guard Marine Communications and Traffic Services.

VERONICA (thirties)

Inuk. Leanna’s daughter. Teaches at the high school and performs spoken-word poetry.

MAMA

An adult polar bear. Played by a puppet or by the same actress who plays Veronica.

DAUGHTER

A young polar bear cub. Played by a puppet or by an actress.

RAPHAËL (thirties)

Second-generation Québécois. Officer for the Canadian Coast Guard Marine Communications and Traffic Services.

NULIAJUK

Inuk Goddess of the Ocean and the Underworld. Played by an oversized puppet or by the same actress who plays Daughter.

TULUGAQ (sixties)

Inuk Elder.

SEA ANIMALS

Played by the company.