Amundsen specifically designed his Northwest Passage expedition so that he and his men would learn to live like the masters of Arctic survival, the polar Inuit. Today, due to a precipitous increase in ...
He very soon simply used them as technical teachers, because he had discerned that the polar Inuit were a highly technological tribe, and he knew that polar travel was a highly technological ...
“Unwashed, greasy hair made it much harder for ice to stick. In contrast, when the polar bear hair was washed and the grease largely removed it performed similarly to human hair, to which ice sticks ...
Tagoonak Qavavauq, an Inuit elder, teaches children how to make ... focused on human relationships to the Earth’s polar regions. She has made over 55 expeditions to the these regions as a ...
The polar sea ice that is the backbone of the local environment has melted to record lows over the last couple of years. “Climate change is threatening the Inuit way of life even further ...
An international team of scientists has discovered the anti-icing secret of polar bear fur—something that allows one of the planet's most iconic animals to survive and thrive in one of its most ...
Nunavik is one of our Best Places to Go in North America in 2024, part of our global guide to the Best Places to Go in ...
But as President Trump once again threatens our peoples and our countries — making the same overtures today that he did in ...
Discover the amazing properties of polar bear fur that repel ice and prevent ice buildup. Learn how their specialized hair ...
The granite inukshuk - a man-shaped structure designed as a marker for Arctic hunters - was created by an Inuit artist in Canada in the 1960s. It was donated to Cambridge's Scott Polar Research ...
Polar bears have a built-in defense against ice — greasy fur. A team of scientists has discovered that their fur is coated in ...
While this finding sheds fascinating new light on our understanding of polar bear—and even Inuit—ecology, it may also have a suite of unrelated applications, with a similar concoction of ...