The Arctic is mostly tundra-treeless land with only a small top layer of soil that thaws enough for plants to grow. In the summer, daylight lasts for 24 hours and in the winter, the sun does not rise over the horizon. The Inuit and the Inuvialuit peoples live here in family groups that value cooperation and sharing.
The igloo was used through most of the Canadian Arctic in winter. Blocks of snow were carved out, if the snow was soft enough, and made into igloos. A large family size igloo would last about six weeks. A vent hole called a "qihaq" let heat and smoke escape.
Most Inuit groups hunted sea mammals - seals, walrus and whales. These provided oil, thread, skin clothing, boots, storage containers, tools and coverings for boats and tents. All parts of the animals were used. Land animals were important too - caribou, musk oxen, hares and ground squirrels.
An inukshuk is an arrangement of rocks that served as a landmark, a memorial or as an aid in hunting caribou. They were two or three rocks piled one on top of another, but today they look like a human figure.
Creation story: www.painsley.org.uk/RE/signposts/y8/1-1creationandenvironment/c- inuit.htm
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