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Eskimo Life

work by Nansen
Also known as: “Eskimoliv”
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Fridtjof Nansen's Eskimo Life (1891) is a work that details his observations of Inuit peoples during his Arctic expeditions. The book offers insights into their culture, which developed from the Thule culture in Greenland around the 12th and 13th centuries, known as Inugsuk culture. This culture was characterized by a strong reliance on hunting with kayaks, dog-drawn sleds, and umiaks. They utilized materials like bone, wood, whalebone, and stone for their tools and crafts. Nansen's work provides a valuable historical perspective on the traditional ways of life in the Arctic.12

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  1. Inugsuk culture
  2. Fridtjof Nansen
  3. Arctic - Sedentary peoples: the southern Yupiit and the Unangan ( Aleuts )
  4. Arctic - History of settlement

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