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The native group found in the north of Canada is called the Inuit – or “the people”. They live in the region identified as the arctic. Obviously, they have to deal with extreme cold temperatures and large amounts of snow and ice. Their “summer” is extremely short and is still relatively cool.
building an igloo This is the inside of an igloo. Some light does get in but overall, it stays pretty warm inside. However, if one is to have a fire one needs….
….a vent. This is a view inside an igloo. If you are lying on your back you would see an air hole. It would get too hot or the fire would run out of oxygen and it would burn out.
Sometimes, if there are many in a group, the iglus will be joined together like pseudo-condominiums.
In the summer, skins are attached to poles and rocks are used to hold the edges down. This is very much like a tipi that the Plains native people would use.
Traditional kayaks are seals-skin boats with bone and wood frames. Canadian Inuit in kayak on Arctic Waters, by W. McKinlay, 1914.
Model of a Baffin Island kayak outfitted with harpoon and float for the hunting of sea mammals
In addition to the kayaks, Inuits constructed larger seal-skin-covered boats called umiaks, or women's boats. These were used primarily used by women and children. They could fit 18 persons in a single craft.
Traditional method of transportation – the dog sled. Nowadays, skidoos/snowmobiles are used by the majority of the people. They are much faster and you can range farther in one day. The downside is that they require gas, break down, and you can’t snuggle in beside one in a blizzard.
This is your view as you look forward from the sled or kamotik. Your ride is softened by musk-ox hides that are strapped to the sled. Hold on, the ride can be bumpy!
This is like looking at the clouds, “What do you see?” Well, the caribou apparently see a man (eyesight not so good) and therefore, avoid it. The Inuit used these inukshuks to funnel or drive the caribou towards the water where a person was waiting in a kayak. The caribou do not swim well, the person would harpoon it, attach a float, and drag it to shore.
These are Inuit snow goggles that were carved out of caribou antler. An extremely dangerous medical condition caused by overexposure to UVB light, which burns out the cornea (the protective covering) of your eye. Basically, it's an optical sunburn. Snowblindness occurs most often in arcticclimates or at high altitudes, where you get the killer combo of freezing temperatures, thin atmosphere and reflected sunlight from snow and ice.
The pain is typically described by those who have experienced it as "like having sand thrown directly into your eyes. Continuously. For 12 hours." Other symptoms include: tearing, redness, headache, swelling around the eyes and acute light-sensitivity (obviously). Actual loss of vision only occurs in the most severe cases. Usually, partial sight is still possible, albeit very blurry and red-hued, as if seeing the world through rose-tinted glasses (but without all the cheeriness and glee).
This man's winter outfit consists of an outer parka (qulittaq) and an inner parka (atigi), inner and outer trousers, several layers of footwear, and mittens. Except for the sealskin boots, all the garments are made of caribou skin.
These are fish skin gloves (actually looks like them) which were worn by the Inuit at times. Fish skin – a durable and waterproof material - was widely used in south-west Alaska for making bags and clothing.
Inuit women use a crescent-shaped knife, the ulu, in most aspects of food and skin preparation: for skinning animals, preparing skins, butchering, eating, and sewing.
Where clothing is of vital importance for survival, needles are indispensable tools. Traditionally made of small pieces of bone, ivory or occasionally native copper, they were fragile and easily lost. Therefore they had to be stored safely when not in use. Inuit women had needle-cases, consisting of tubes, mostly carved from ivory, with a strip of skin inside into which the needles were stuck.
It is vital to keep clothes dry at all times in the Arctic, especially in winter when water and moisture freezes instantly.In addition, snow and ice has to be removed regularly. Ruffs of caribou fur around the hood, for instance, allow ice crystals which form from breath to be brushed off easily. Before entering a house, snowbeaters are used to remove ice and snow from clothes, to prevent the clothing from becoming wet from the melting snow.
The End Thanks Mr. Lewis
