The Inuit fascinate me; why people would choose to live in such a harsh and uncomfortable place as the Arctic has always been a puzzle. It's all about what you're used to, I guess. Researchers say they came from Siberia, and it's cold there, too. Even today, when they could fly to warmer places to live, and certainly know about them, they stay.
I love the inukshuk, the stone markers they used for navigation markers, spiritual messages and myriad other communications. This one at Mingo Lake on Baffin Island is 3,000 years old.
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The Inuit and Paleo Eskimos before them were late comers (6,000 to 2,000 BCE), but they spread from Alaska to Greenland. The Paleo Eskimos, including the Dorset, are now gone, replaced by the Inuit, but not before there was a great comingling of genes. Naturally.
The Dorset made some petroglyphs, mostly of human faces, at least where easily carveable rock was available. The Inuit did not.
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Qajartalik is a rock art site located on the Ungava Peninsula in the Nunavik region (Northern Quebec). The site features more than 180 carvings of human-like faces, some of which are endowed with animal attributes. The images at this ancient place were carved by the Dorset people who inhabited...
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