This is Episode 34: Qalupalik

In the long night of the Arctic, where the sea breathes under thick ice and the wind carries secrets older than memory, the people of the camps knew to listen.

They gathered in the warmth of the Qulliq, its flame flickering against walls of snow and stone. Elders spoke in low voices of the beings that shared the land and water, not as fairy tales for comfort, but as truths woven into survival. Among them was the Qalupalik, the one who waits beneath the ice edge.

Sources

Wikipedia overview (with references to Boas and variations): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qallupilluit

Folktales America retelling and context: https://folktalesamerica.com/Qalupalik-the-sea-creature-that-takes-children/

Inhabit Media / Elisha Kilabuk The Qalupalik (kah-loo-pah-leek) (kah-loo-pah-leek) (kah-loo-pah-leek) book details and descriptions: https://quillandquire.com/review/the-Qalupalik

NFB/Nunavut Animation Lab short film adaptation: Search “Nunavut Animation Lab Qalupalik” on YouTube or nfb.ca

Tell Story site with traditional variations (including Boas-inspired grandmother tale): https://tellstory.net/stories/inuit/folk-tale/the-child-taken-by-the-qallupilluit/

Additional context on cultural role and modern graphic adaptations: References in NightTide Magazine or CM: Canadian Review of Materials for Putuguq & Kublu and the Qalupalik