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An igloo (Inuit languages: iglu, [1] Inuktitut syllabics ᐃᒡᓗ (plural: igluit ᐃᒡᓗᐃᑦ)), also known as a snow house or snow hut, is a type of shelter built of suitable snow. Although igloos are often associated with all Inuit , they were traditionally used only by the people of Canada's Central Arctic and the Qaanaaq area of ...
Qarmaq (whale bone roof reconstructed) near Resolute, Nunavut. Qarmaq (plural: "qarmat") [ 1] is an Inuktitut term for a type of inter-seasonal, [ 2] single-room family dwelling used by Inuit. To the Central Inuit of Northern Canada, it refers to a hybrid of a tent and igloo, or tent and sod house. Depending on the season, the lower portion was ...
Quinzhee. A quinzhee or quinzee / ˈkwɪnziː / is a Canadian snow shelter made from a large pile of loose snow that is shaped, then hollowed. This is in contrast to an igloo, which is built up from blocks of hard snow, and a snow cave, constructed by digging into the snow. The word is of Athabaskan origin [1] [2] and entered the English ...
Igloolik ( Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ, Iglulik, Inuktitut pronunciation: [iɣ.lu.ˈlik]) is an Inuit hamlet in Foxe Basin, Qikiqtaaluk Region in Nunavut, northern Canada. Because its location on Igloolik Island is close to Melville Peninsula, it is often mistakenly thought to be on the peninsula. The name "Igloolik" means "there is a ...
The qargi was a combination courthouse, church, workshop, dance hall, and received center, two or three times the size of a typical house. [5] It was the place where the storytelling, dancing, singing, and games (high-kick games [6]) that so enriched Yupik and Inuit life took place. [7] The qargi was a communal building in which women were ...
Finally, the igloo was finished, and they stood eyeing it as satisfied as so many small children over a house of blocks. The light from the ice-windows proved inadequate, however, and when the interiors were finally filmed the dome's half just over the camera had to be cut away, so Nanook and his family went to sleep and awakened with all the ...
The Inuit tradition of living in tents during summer and in igloos and qarmait (singular: qarmaq, warm half-subterranean houses made from boulders, whale bones and sod) in winter still followed the Thule practices. The most important principle of all building constructions was the lowered entrance tunnel, which served as a windscreen and cold trap.
Tupiq. Inuit family with Malamute outside a tupik, ca. 1915. The tupiq[ 1] (plural: tupiit, [ 2] Inuktitut syllabics: ᑐᐱᖅ[ 3]) is a traditional Inuit tent made from seal [ 4] or caribou [ 5] skin. An Inuk was required to kill five to ten ugjuk[ 1][ 6] ( bearded seals) to make a sealskin tent. When a man went hunting he would bring a small ...