 Inuit History: 300-1000 Years Ago... About 1000 years ago the Arctic climate became warmer for a few centuries. With less sea ice, large whales moved into the Arctic waters in greater numbers. People who had learned to hunt whales from skin boats followed the whales eastward across Arctic Canada to Greenland. The ability to hunt whales gave these people a better way of life. They built settlements and homes of stone and whalebone - the remains of which can still be seen today (picture).
INUIT HISTORY:
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DICTIONARY: Just "double-click" any unlinked word on this page for the definition from Merriam-Webster's Student Electronic Dictionary at Word Central. |
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ARCTIC LIBRARY & GLOSSARY: Check this section for an index of the rest of the things you really need to know about the Arctic. |
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ARCTIC MAPS & WEATHER REPORTS: Maps of the Northwest Passage, explorers' routes, iceberg sources, Nunavut, the Arctic by treeline, temperature... |
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ARCTIC LINKS: Even more information! Links to sites related to the Arctic and "Iceberg: the Story of the Throps and the Squallhoots". |
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GUIDE TO ARCTIC SUNRISE & SUNSET: How much sunlight or darkness is there in the Arctic on each day of the year? |
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