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Also Known As	Innuit

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Young Alaskan Inuit

Illustration of a semi-subterranean Eskimo dwelling with a snow-covered roof, showing a cutaway view of the home's interior. Labeled features include a sloped entrance passage, doorway, entrance to the main room, a storage area above, and a smoke vent in the roof. Inside, two people are seated on the floor surrounded by household items, highlighting traditional sub-Arctic Aleut or Inuit architecture and living arrangements.

igluvigaq being built

Eskimo man with a large handheld drum made of walrus stomach or bladder, Nunivak Island, 1929.

walrus ivory shaman figure

painted wooden mask

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Nansen, Fridtjof

Fridtjof Nansen

Norwegian explorer and scientist