At least the Algonquins had the Inuit perfectly pegged. About 25,000 people strong living in an area roughly the size of western Europe, the Inuit quite literally are “eaters of raw meat.” ...

Igloos are also a technological marvel, allowing the Inuit to build a temporary shelter or a long-lasting home out of nothing but the snow on hand. In an hour or two, a pair of Inuit Eskimos can ...

Sakiagak’s parents were born in igloos and he learned to build the snow domes with his father growing up on the open tundra as a child. Now, Sakiagak, a 57-year-old Inuit, builds them to teach ...

The Styrofoam igloos were the brainchild of James Houston of the Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources, who, according to The Age, came upon the idea of using Styrofoam, a ...

KANGIQSUJUAQ, Quebec -- Adami Sakiagak, his tongue poking out of the side of his mouth in concentrated effort, trimmed the edges on a block of snow above his head. Ice crystals cascaded around him ...

Igloo construction is something anyone can learn to do. Indeed, during his two years studying arctic survival skills from the Netsilik tribe of Inuit on King William Island, polar explorer Roald ...

For the Inuit, the igloo is hearth and home, the center of their culture. But as a feature of daily life, it's fading from memory. When Novalinga eventually stops teaching igloo making, ...

Adventure Journal found this video of two Inuit men building an igloo in 1949—and it just might inspire the snowy settler within. If you are inspired, there are plenty of igloo how-to's out there .

While Scotland is far from the Canadian arctic tundra, Inuit igloo design offers valuable lessons on how we can maximise the heat in our homes before we reach for the thermostat.

(MENAFN- The Conversation) The COVID-19 pandemic communities across Nunavut have brought the Inuit housing crisis . Inadequate and unsafe housing in many Inuit communities and has been blamed for ...

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