When the Hudson Bay Company’s supply ship Nascopie sailed from Montreal this week on her annual 11,000-mile voyage through the Arctic, she carried, along with 34 passengers and a cargo of necessities ...

This classic short film shows how to make an igloo using only snow and a knife. Two Inuit men in Canada’s Far North choose the site, cut and place snow blocks and create an entrance--a shelter ...

Feeling chilly? Looking to flex your nascent engineering skills? Adventure Journal found this video of two Inuit men building an igloo in 1949—and it just might inspire the snowy settler within. If ...

“Igloo” is derived from the Inuit word “igdlu” meaning “house.” It should actually be used to describe any Inuit or Eskimo dwelling, regardless of its construction. In the Eskimo culture, igloo ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Formerly in the collection of Dr.

Two Eskimo families travel across the wide sea ice. Before night falls they build small igloos and we see the construction in detail. The next day a polar bear is seen basking in the warming sun. A ...