About Joanasie Karpik Joanasie Karpik is a respected elder from Pangnirtung, Nunavut. Books by Joanasie Karpik Baleine boréale by (author) Joanasie Karpik illustrated by Sho Uehara Animals Illustrated: Bowhead Whale Inuktitut by (author) Joanasie Karpik illustrated by Sho Uehara Animals Illustrated: Bowhead Whale by (author) Joanasie Karpik illustrated by Sho Uehara How We Hunt a Bowhead Inuktitut by (author) Joanasie Karpik illustrated by Amiel Sandland