By Cedric Gallant  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Sammy Kudluk’s ice sculpture depicting two Inuit women holding a qulliq was viewed by thousands of people at the Quebec Winter Carnival. The Kuujjuaq artist created the piece Feb. 11. Kudluk said he has been honing his craft as an artist for nearly 50 years, doing painting, sculpting and soapstone carving. “I have not done that much ice sculpting,” Kudluk said in a phone interview, after returning from Quebec City. Kuujjuaq’s river ice, he explained, has too much air in it and tends to crack, but the ice at the carnival is made specifically for the art. Kudluk’s first foray into ice-sculpting was five years ago, at the ice hotel created each year in Sainte-Foy near Quebec City. For this festival, Kudluk said his

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